1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 2f645732e3b7..29e6dc7299b8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode,
         if (!goal)
                 goal = sbi->s_inode_goal;
 
-        if (goal && goal < le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_inodes_count)) {
+        if (goal && goal <= le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_inodes_count)) {
                 group = (goal - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
                 ino = (goal - 1) % EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
                 ret2 = 0;