diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index 43aaa3566431..754d59f734d8 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -10335,7 +10335,7 @@ static int __init io_uring_init(void)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(SQE_VALID_FLAGS >= (1 << 8));
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(io_op_defs) != IORING_OP_LAST);
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(__REQ_F_LAST_BIT >= 8 * sizeof(int));
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(__REQ_F_LAST_BIT > 8 * sizeof(int));
 
 	req_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(io_kiocb, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC |
 				SLAB_ACCOUNT);