diff --git a/libavformat/aviobuf.c b/libavformat/aviobuf.c
index 0b0748e954..6a1f83acba 100644
--- a/libavformat/aviobuf.c
+++ b/libavformat/aviobuf.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ int64_t avio_seek(AVIOContext *s, int64_t offset, int whence)
 
     offset1 = offset - pos;
     if (!s->must_flush && (!s->direct || !s->seek) &&
-        offset1 >= 0 && offset1 <= buffer_size) {
+        offset1 >= 0 && offset1 < buffer_size) {
         /* can do the seek inside the buffer */
         s->buf_ptr = s->buffer + offset1;
     } else if ((!s->seekable ||