diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index 3b4c2620030a..7185d0794df3 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ ssize_t ceph_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *names, size_t size)
 	     ci->i_xattrs.version, ci->i_xattrs.index_version);
 
 	if (__ceph_caps_issued_mask(ci, CEPH_CAP_XATTR_SHARED, 1) &&
-	    (ci->i_xattrs.index_version > ci->i_xattrs.version)) {
+	    (ci->i_xattrs.index_version >= ci->i_xattrs.version)) {
 		goto list_xattr;
 	} else {
 		spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);