diff --git a/drivers/staging/hievent/hievent_driver.c b/drivers/staging/hievent/hievent_driver.c
index a22b4fcd7b9475110ed73bd49e4d3acfdb6c358b..a4b02b737213b1dc1451d3934bfb7c5ac8f8c532 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hievent/hievent_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hievent/hievent_driver.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static void hievent_cover_old_log(size_t buf_len)
 	struct hievent_entry header;
 	size_t total_size = buf_len + sizeof(struct hievent_entry);
 
-	while (total_size + hievent_dev.size >= HIEVENT_BUFFER) {
+	while (total_size + hievent_dev.size > HIEVENT_BUFFER) {
 		retval = hievent_read_ring_head_buffer((unsigned char *)&header,
 						       sizeof(header));
 		if (retval < 0)