diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/irq_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/irq_32.c
index a979e99f8751..cac4a5554c0e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/irq_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/irq_32.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void irq_link(unsigned int irq)
 
 	p = &irq_table[irq];
 	pil = p->pil;
-	BUG_ON(pil > SUN4D_MAX_IRQ);
+	BUG_ON(pil >= SUN4D_MAX_IRQ);
 	p->next = irq_map[pil];
 	irq_map[pil] = p;
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void irq_unlink(unsigned int irq)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_map_lock, flags);
 
 	p = &irq_table[irq];
-	BUG_ON(p->pil > SUN4D_MAX_IRQ);
+	BUG_ON(p->pil >= SUN4D_MAX_IRQ);
 	pnext = &irq_map[p->pil];
 	while (*pnext != p)
 		pnext = &(*pnext)->next;