diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 98a7e6f64ab0..293a798e89f4 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -2436,7 +2436,7 @@ static struct nlattr *reserve_sfa_size(struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
 	new_acts_size = max(next_offset + req_size, ksize(*sfa) * 2);
 
 	if (new_acts_size > MAX_ACTIONS_BUFSIZE) {
-		if ((MAX_ACTIONS_BUFSIZE - next_offset) < req_size) {
+		if ((next_offset + req_size) > MAX_ACTIONS_BUFSIZE) {
 			OVS_NLERR(log, "Flow action size exceeds max %u",
 				  MAX_ACTIONS_BUFSIZE);
 			return ERR_PTR(-EMSGSIZE);