diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 59eba5d2c685..9715a7ba164a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ static int nand_do_read_ops(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from,
 			}
 
 			if (mtd->ecc_stats.failed - ecc_failures) {
-				if (retry_mode + 1 <= chip->read_retries) {
+				if (retry_mode + 1 < chip->read_retries) {
 					retry_mode++;
 					ret = nand_setup_read_retry(mtd,
 							retry_mode);