diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
index 61883291defc..ee07d0718bf1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static int papr_scm_meta_get(struct papr_scm_priv *p,
 	int len, read;
 	int64_t ret;
 
-	if ((hdr->in_offset + hdr->in_length) >= p->metadata_size)
+	if ((hdr->in_offset + hdr->in_length) > p->metadata_size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for (len = hdr->in_length; len; len -= read) {
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static int papr_scm_meta_set(struct papr_scm_priv *p,
 	__be64 data_be;
 	int64_t ret;
 
-	if ((hdr->in_offset + hdr->in_length) >= p->metadata_size)
+	if ((hdr->in_offset + hdr->in_length) > p->metadata_size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for (len = hdr->in_length; len; len -= wrote) {