diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index f511087d5e1c..44770bb9017d 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -8686,7 +8686,7 @@ static int nfs4_verify_back_channel_attrs(struct nfs41_create_session_args *args
 		goto out;
 	if (rcvd->max_rqst_sz > sent->max_rqst_sz)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (rcvd->max_resp_sz < sent->max_resp_sz)
+	if (rcvd->max_resp_sz > sent->max_resp_sz)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (rcvd->max_resp_sz_cached > sent->max_resp_sz_cached)
 		return -EINVAL;