diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 075d0509970..aae13d31612 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1239,7 +1239,7 @@ static int compat_count(compat_uptr_t __user *argv, int max)
 			if (!p)
 				break;
 			argv++;
-			if(++i > max)
+			if (i++ >= max)
 				return -E2BIG;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index cecee501ce7..7b5ed50eade 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ static int count(char __user * __user * argv, int max)
 			if (!p)
 				break;
 			argv++;
-			if(++i > max)
+			if (i++ >= max)
 				return -E2BIG;
 			cond_resched();
 		}