diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index b51586fea4e8..52442ccf20c0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ static int vc_t416_color(struct vc_data *vc, int i,
 	if (i > vc->vc_npar)
 		return i;
 
-	if (vc->vc_par[i] == 5 && i < vc->vc_npar) {
+	if (vc->vc_par[i] == 5 && i + 1 <= vc->vc_npar) {
 		/* 256 colours -- ubiquitous */
 		i++;
 		rgb_from_256(vc->vc_par[i], &c);