diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index b2b047327d76..73004808537e 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ redo:
 
 	new.frozen = 0;
 
-	if (!new.inuse && n->nr_partial > s->min_partial)
+	if (!new.inuse && n->nr_partial >= s->min_partial)
 		m = M_FREE;
 	else if (new.freelist) {
 		m = M_PARTIAL;
@@ -1992,7 +1992,7 @@ static void unfreeze_partials(struct kmem_cache *s,
 				new.freelist, new.counters,
 				"unfreezing slab"));
 
-		if (unlikely(!new.inuse && n->nr_partial > s->min_partial)) {
+		if (unlikely(!new.inuse && n->nr_partial >= s->min_partial)) {
 			page->next = discard_page;
 			discard_page = page;
 		} else {
@@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ static void __slab_free(struct kmem_cache *s, struct page *page,
                 return;
         }
 
-	if (unlikely(!new.inuse && n->nr_partial > s->min_partial))
+	if (unlikely(!new.inuse && n->nr_partial >= s->min_partial))
 		goto slab_empty;
 
 	/*