diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c b/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c
index 24f2f7567ddb7..e235c17f1b8b7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_hash.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int nft_jhash_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 	priv->len = len;
 
 	priv->modulus = ntohl(nla_get_be32(tb[NFTA_HASH_MODULUS]));
-	if (priv->modulus <= 1)
+	if (priv->modulus < 1)
 		return -ERANGE;
 
 	if (priv->offset + priv->modulus - 1 < priv->offset)