diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 528454c2caa9..26ee56c80dc7 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ extern void __split_huge_page_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	} while (0)
 extern void split_huge_page_pmd_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 		pmd_t *pmd);
-#if HPAGE_PMD_ORDER > MAX_ORDER
+#if HPAGE_PMD_ORDER >= MAX_ORDER
 #error "hugepages can't be allocated by the buddy allocator"
 #endif
 extern int hugepage_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma,