diff --git a/sbin/recoverdisk/recoverdisk.c b/sbin/recoverdisk/recoverdisk.c
index 91f42c904c5..446266c36d5 100644
--- a/sbin/recoverdisk/recoverdisk.c
+++ b/sbin/recoverdisk/recoverdisk.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ main(int argc, char * const argv[])
 			err(1, "DIOCGSECTORSIZE failed");
 
 		error = ioctl(fdr, DIOCGSTRIPESIZE, &stripesize);
-		if (error == 0 && stripesize > sectorsize)
+		if (error == 0 && stripesize < sectorsize)
 			sectorsize = stripesize;
 
 		minsize = sectorsize;