diff --git a/src/mesa/tnl/t_draw.c b/src/mesa/tnl/t_draw.c
index 5b2b2ae..6cf8dc1 100644
--- a/src/mesa/tnl/t_draw.c
+++ b/src/mesa/tnl/t_draw.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ void _tnl_draw_prims( GLcontext *ctx,
 			_tnl_draw_prims );
       return;
    }
-   else if (max_index >= max) {
+   else if (max_index > max) {
       /* The software TNL pipeline has a fixed amount of storage for
        * vertices and it is necessary to split incoming drawing commands
        * if they exceed that limit.