1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 949067a0bd47..613c852ee0fe 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ struct tty_driver *tty_find_polling_driver(char *name, int *line)
                 if (*stp == '\0')
                         stp = NULL;
 
-                if (tty_line >= 0 && tty_line <= p->num && p->ops &&
+                if (tty_line >= 0 && tty_line < p->num && p->ops &&
                     p->ops->poll_init && !p->ops->poll_init(p, tty_line, stp)) {
                         res = tty_driver_kref_get(p);
                         *line = tty_line;