diff --git a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
index d2ab527ef4..56559cda24 100644
--- a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
+++ b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ static void vmxnet3_activate_device(VMXNET3State *s)
     vmxnet3_setup_rx_filtering(s);
     /* Cache fields from shared memory */
     s->mtu = VMXNET3_READ_DRV_SHARED32(d, s->drv_shmem, devRead.misc.mtu);
-    assert(VMXNET3_MIN_MTU <= s->mtu && s->mtu < VMXNET3_MAX_MTU);
+    assert(VMXNET3_MIN_MTU <= s->mtu && s->mtu <= VMXNET3_MAX_MTU);
     VMW_CFPRN("MTU is %u", s->mtu);
 
     s->max_rx_frags =