diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 58da7c1..8fa27e4 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@
 		 * a waste to allocate index if we cannot allocate data.
 		 */
 		if (sbinfo->max_blocks) {
-			if (percpu_counter_compare(&sbinfo->used_blocks, (sbinfo->max_blocks - 1)) > 0)
+			if (percpu_counter_compare(&sbinfo->used_blocks,
+						sbinfo->max_blocks - 1) >= 0)
 				return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
 			percpu_counter_inc(&sbinfo->used_blocks);
 			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -1397,7 +1398,8 @@
 		shmem_swp_unmap(entry);
 		sbinfo = SHMEM_SB(inode->i_sb);
 		if (sbinfo->max_blocks) {
-			if ((percpu_counter_compare(&sbinfo->used_blocks, sbinfo->max_blocks) > 0) ||
+			if (percpu_counter_compare(&sbinfo->used_blocks,
+						sbinfo->max_blocks) >= 0 ||
 			    shmem_acct_block(info->flags)) {
 				spin_unlock(&info->lock);
 				error = -ENOSPC;