diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f6dfa50b926f..533ac96f20ab 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 65c88466602c61b639f75623e5ba72c1534df9bd
+refs/heads/master: e6a5fdf56e3a5fc179cd8c8c19081a9a11882b0c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c b/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c
index 43bfe7e6b6f5..54166bdeae96 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c
@@ -6213,7 +6213,7 @@ static int __devinit niu_pci_probe_sprom(struct niu *np)
 	val = nr64(ESPC_MOD_STR_LEN);
 	niudbg(PROBE, "SPROM: MOD_STR_LEN[%llu]\n",
 	       (unsigned long long) val);
-	if (val > 8 * 4)
+	if (val >= 8 * 4)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < val; i += 4) {
@@ -6229,7 +6229,7 @@ static int __devinit niu_pci_probe_sprom(struct niu *np)
 	val = nr64(ESPC_BD_MOD_STR_LEN);
 	niudbg(PROBE, "SPROM: BD_MOD_STR_LEN[%llu]\n",
 	       (unsigned long long) val);
-	if (val > 4 * 4)
+	if (val >= 4 * 4)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < val; i += 4) {