diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 6880f34a529a..0f02668dc219 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2102,7 +2102,7 @@ static bool ll_header_truncated(const struct net_device *dev, int len)
 {
 	/* net device doesn't like empty head */
 	if (unlikely(len <= dev->hard_header_len)) {
-		net_warn_ratelimited("%s: packet size is too short (%d < %d)\n",
+		net_warn_ratelimited("%s: packet size is too short (%d <= %d)\n",
 				     current->comm, len, dev->hard_header_len);
 		return true;
 	}