diff --git a/evm/src/cpu/kernel/asm/util/basic_macros.asm b/evm/src/cpu/kernel/asm/util/basic_macros.asm
index 58ab5d2c..a91feb05 100644
--- a/evm/src/cpu/kernel/asm/util/basic_macros.asm
+++ b/evm/src/cpu/kernel/asm/util/basic_macros.asm
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     // stack: c, input, ...
     %add_const(1) // This will be optimized out.
     // stack: c + 1, input, ...
-    GE // Check it backwards: (input <= c) == (c + 1 > input)
+    GT // Check it backwards: (input <= c) == (c + 1 > input)
     // stack: input <= c, ...
 %endmacro