diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 2bcca5261eeb..c5589b3f58e8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ static int alloc_new_reservation(struct ext4_reserve_window_node *my_rsv,
 	 * check if the first free block is within the
 	 * free space we just reserved
 	 */
-	if (start_block >= my_rsv->rsv_start && start_block < my_rsv->rsv_end)
+	if (start_block >= my_rsv->rsv_start && start_block <= my_rsv->rsv_end)
 		return 0;		/* success */
 	/*
 	 * if the first free bit we found is out of the reservable space