diff --git a/lib/ykpiv.c b/lib/ykpiv.c
index 84d98e2..5006b89 100644
--- a/lib/ykpiv.c
+++ b/lib/ykpiv.c
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ ykpiv_rc _ykpiv_fetch_object(ykpiv_state *state, int object_id,
     if(offs == 0) {
       return YKPIV_SIZE_ERROR;
     }
-    if(outlen > offs + 1 + *len) {
+    if(outlen + offs + 1 != *len) {
       if(state->verbose) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Invalid length indicated in object, total objlen is %lu, indicated length is %lu.", *len, outlen);
       }