diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
index 45166fd50be3..e9f5a20c69c6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ void __unwind_start(struct unwind_state *state, struct task_struct *task,
 	/* Otherwise, skip ahead to the user-specified starting frame: */
 	while (!unwind_done(state) &&
 	       (!on_stack(&state->stack_info, first_frame, sizeof(long)) ||
-			state->sp <= (unsigned long)first_frame))
+			state->sp < (unsigned long)first_frame))
 		unwind_next_frame(state);
 
 	return;