diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 297b7c7c0b1b..4de3e4bd724b 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -9442,7 +9442,7 @@ static int nfs4_verify_back_channel_attrs(struct nfs41_create_session_args *args
 		goto out;
 	if (rcvd->max_rqst_sz > sent->max_rqst_sz)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (rcvd->max_resp_sz < sent->max_resp_sz)
+	if (rcvd->max_resp_sz > sent->max_resp_sz)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (rcvd->max_resp_sz_cached > sent->max_resp_sz_cached)
 		return -EINVAL;