diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index f8ec4dafc74e..15e3b5ea31b5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ void __init efi_reserve_boot_services(void)
 		 * - Not within any part of the kernel
 		 * - Not the bios reserved area
 		*/
-		if ((start+size >= __pa_symbol(_text)
+		if ((start + size > __pa_symbol(_text)
 				&& start <= __pa_symbol(_end)) ||
 			!e820_all_mapped(start, start+size, E820_RAM) ||
 			memblock_is_region_reserved(start, size)) {