diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
index 2b309dfc5b7f3a843f6ded1c5b2ab6de8ee080db..b0b9a093dcce8d781c2f0372a470e860ee47d027 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ int traceprobe_parse_event_name(const char **pevent, const char **pgroup,
 	if (len == 0) {
 		trace_probe_log_err(offset, NO_EVENT_NAME);
 		return -EINVAL;
-	} else if (len > MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN) {
+	} else if (len >= MAX_EVENT_NAME_LEN) {
 		trace_probe_log_err(offset, EVENT_TOO_LONG);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}