diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg.c
index 1b182dbd1d22..2859d7552885 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_cfg.c
@@ -4181,7 +4181,7 @@ static QDF_STATUS hdd_cfg_get_config(REG_TABLE_ENTRY *reg_table,
 		 * however the config is too big so we just printk() for now
 		 */
 #ifdef RETURN_IN_BUFFER
-		if (curlen <= buflen) {
+		if (curlen < buflen) {
 			/* copy string + '\0' */
 			memcpy(pCur, configStr, curlen + 1);