diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c
index 99ede37698ac..35ce3941fae3 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ unsigned int dsa_bridge_num_get(const struct net_device *bridge_dev, int max)
 		bridge_num = find_next_zero_bit(&dsa_fwd_offloading_bridges,
 						DSA_MAX_NUM_OFFLOADING_BRIDGES,
 						1);
-		if (bridge_num >= max)
+		if (bridge_num > max)
 			return 0;
 
 		set_bit(bridge_num, &dsa_fwd_offloading_bridges);