diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 849c7df2318..2c7d60ca354 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static inline void sk_acceptq_added(struct sock *sk)
 
 static inline int sk_acceptq_is_full(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	return sk->sk_ack_backlog >= sk->sk_max_ack_backlog;
+	return sk->sk_ack_backlog > sk->sk_max_ack_backlog;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 51ca4383c38..606971645b3 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ static long unix_wait_for_peer(struct sock *other, long timeo)
 
 	sched = !sock_flag(other, SOCK_DEAD) &&
 		!(other->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) &&
-		(skb_queue_len(&other->sk_receive_queue) >=
+		(skb_queue_len(&other->sk_receive_queue) >
 		 other->sk_max_ack_backlog);
 
 	unix_state_runlock(other);
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ restart:
 	if (other->sk_state != TCP_LISTEN)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	if (skb_queue_len(&other->sk_receive_queue) >=
+	if (skb_queue_len(&other->sk_receive_queue) >
 	    other->sk_max_ack_backlog) {
 		err = -EAGAIN;
 		if (!timeo)
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@ restart:
 	}
 
 	if (unix_peer(other) != sk &&
-	    (skb_queue_len(&other->sk_receive_queue) >=
+	    (skb_queue_len(&other->sk_receive_queue) >
 	     other->sk_max_ack_backlog)) {
 		if (!timeo) {
 			err = -EAGAIN;