diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
index 8b4a4573e9c3..e661d40213ea 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c
@@ -4629,7 +4629,7 @@ do_retry:
 	} else {
 		size_t trans = rdata->subreq.transferred + rdata->got_bytes;
 		if (trans < rdata->subreq.len &&
-		    rdata->subreq.start + trans == ictx->remote_i_size) {
+		    rdata->subreq.start + trans >= ictx->remote_i_size) {
 			__set_bit(NETFS_SREQ_HIT_EOF, &rdata->subreq.flags);
 			rdata->result = 0;
 		}