diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/cper.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/cper.c
index 1e5d8a40101e..fefc2ca7cc3e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/cper.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/cper.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ int apei_estatus_check(const struct acpi_hest_generic_status *estatus)
 		return rc;
 	data_len = estatus->data_length;
 	gdata = (struct acpi_hest_generic_data *)(estatus + 1);
-	while (data_len > sizeof(*gdata)) {
+	while (data_len >= sizeof(*gdata)) {
 		gedata_len = gdata->error_data_length;
 		if (gedata_len > data_len - sizeof(*gdata))
 			return -EINVAL;