diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
index d8081095557c..ad2fa3c26f8a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c
@@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ restart:
 				error = -EFSCORRUPTED;
 				goto error0;
 			}
-			if (flen < bestrlen)
+			if (flen <= bestrlen)
 				break;
 			busy = xfs_alloc_compute_aligned(args, fbno, flen,
 					&rbno, &rlen, &busy_gen);