diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon-core.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon-core.c
index 1d8775799056..cd512a93f3ba 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-octeon-core.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static int octeon_i2c_read(struct octeon_i2c *i2c, int target,
 		if (result)
 			return result;
 		if (recv_len && i == 0) {
-			if (data[i] > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 1)
+			if (data[i] > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX)
 				return -EPROTO;
 			length += data[i];
 		}