diff --git a/scripts/kallsyms.c b/scripts/kallsyms.c
index 77cebad0474e5393b7c20c1d65ec22b969df29f5..f75e7bda48898e73b172490a28fb3e4c0f117e84 100644
--- a/scripts/kallsyms.c
+++ b/scripts/kallsyms.c
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ static int read_symbol(FILE *in, struct sym_entry *s)
 			fprintf(stderr, "Read error or end of file.\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (strlen(sym) > KSYM_NAME_LEN) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Symbol %s too long for kallsyms (%zu vs %d).\n"
+	if (strlen(sym) >= KSYM_NAME_LEN) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Symbol %s too long for kallsyms (%zu >= %d).\n"
 				"Please increase KSYM_NAME_LEN both in kernel and kallsyms.c\n",
 			sym, strlen(sym), KSYM_NAME_LEN);
 		return -1;