diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 415e11f1e9e..72d5ceb1852 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -3935,7 +3935,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_group_or_file(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac)
 
 	/* don't use group allocation for large files */
 	size = max(size, isize);
-	if (size >= sbi->s_mb_stream_request) {
+	if (size > sbi->s_mb_stream_request) {
 		ac->ac_flags |= EXT4_MB_STREAM_ALLOC;
 		return;
 	}