diff --git a/kernel/time/time.c b/kernel/time/time.c
index 771cef87ad3b..0dd63a91e7c5 100644
--- a/kernel/time/time.c
+++ b/kernel/time/time.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(settimeofday, struct old_timeval32 __user *, tv,
 		    get_user(new_ts.tv_nsec, &tv->tv_usec))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		if (new_ts.tv_nsec > USEC_PER_SEC || new_ts.tv_nsec < 0)
+		if (new_ts.tv_nsec >= USEC_PER_SEC || new_ts.tv_nsec < 0)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		new_ts.tv_nsec *= NSEC_PER_USEC;