diff --git a/libraries/liblber/decode.c b/libraries/liblber/decode.c
index 91c4a82d9b..fe4bbd0c1c 100644
--- a/libraries/liblber/decode.c
+++ b/libraries/liblber/decode.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ ber_next_element(
 
 	assert( LBER_VALID( ber ) );
 
-	if ( ber->ber_ptr == last ) {
+	if ( ber->ber_ptr >= last ) {
 		return LBER_DEFAULT;
 	}