diff --git a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_internal.c b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_internal.c
index ba9b77c44dc..a3fceb0e136 100644
--- a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_internal.c
+++ b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_internal.c
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ fuse_internal_invalidate_entry(struct mount *mp, struct uio *uio)
 	if ((err = uiomove(&fnieo, sizeof(fnieo), uio)) != 0)
 		return (err);
 
-	if (fnieo.namelen > sizeof(name))
+	if (fnieo.namelen >= sizeof(name))
 		return (EINVAL);
 
 	if ((err = uiomove(name, fnieo.namelen, uio)) != 0)