diff --git a/fs/ubifs/journal.c b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
index 091c2ad8f211..7927dea2baba 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/journal.c
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ int ubifs_jnl_write_inode(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *inode)
 		struct inode *xino;
 		struct ubifs_dent_node *xent, *pxent = NULL;
 
-		if (ui->xattr_cnt >= ubifs_xattr_max_cnt(c)) {
+		if (ui->xattr_cnt > ubifs_xattr_max_cnt(c)) {
 			ubifs_err(c, "Cannot delete inode, it has too much xattrs!");
 			goto out_release;
 		}
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index 09280796fc61..17745f5462f0 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ int ubifs_purge_xattrs(struct inode *host)
 	struct fscrypt_name nm = {0};
 	int err;
 
-	if (ubifs_inode(host)->xattr_cnt < ubifs_xattr_max_cnt(c))
+	if (ubifs_inode(host)->xattr_cnt <= ubifs_xattr_max_cnt(c))
 		return 0;
 
 	ubifs_warn(c, "inode %lu has too many xattrs, doing a non-atomic deletion",