1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
index 5f9c44cdf1f5..4cc6442733f4 100644
--- a/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
+++ b/lib/mpi/mpicoder.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ MPI mpi_read_raw_data(const void *xbuffer, size_t nbytes)
         mpi_limb_t a;
         MPI val = NULL;
 
-        while (nbytes >= 0 && buffer[0] == 0) {
+        while (nbytes > 0 && buffer[0] == 0) {
                 buffer++;
                 nbytes--;
         }