diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 4d0945c96ab289f1aab35a10482f0aadb5ad7d73..98ec96b3a744d4cf51693119408fe8ef582cf0ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ int perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
 	unsigned long max = UINT_MAX;
 	long pages;
 
-	if (max < SIZE_MAX / page_size)
+	if (max > SIZE_MAX / page_size)
 		max = SIZE_MAX / page_size;
 
 	pages = parse_pages_arg(str, 1, max);