diff --git a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c
index a788f9e9427d..6130f9d9dbe1 100644
--- a/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c
+++ b/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ int irlan_extract_param(__u8 *buf, char *name, char *value, __u16 *len)
 	memcpy(&val_len, buf+n, 2); /* To avoid alignment problems */
 	le16_to_cpus(&val_len); n+=2;
 
-	if (val_len > 1016) {
+	if (val_len >= 1016) {
 		IRDA_DEBUG(2, "%s(), parameter length to long\n", __func__ );
 		return -RSP_INVALID_COMMAND_FORMAT;
 	}