diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_smem.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_smem.c
index 4238383d8685..579bc4443f6d 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_smem.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_smem.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static void glink_smem_rx_advance(struct qcom_glink_pipe *np,
 	tail = le32_to_cpu(*pipe->tail);
 
 	tail += count;
-	if (tail > pipe->native.length)
+	if (tail >= pipe->native.length)
 		tail -= pipe->native.length;
 
 	*pipe->tail = cpu_to_le32(tail);