diff --git a/fs/smb/server/ksmbd_netlink.h b/fs/smb/server/ksmbd_netlink.h
index b7521e41402e00..0ebf91ffa2361c 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/ksmbd_netlink.h
+++ b/fs/smb/server/ksmbd_netlink.h
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ enum ksmbd_event {
 	KSMBD_EVENT_SPNEGO_AUTHEN_REQUEST,
 	KSMBD_EVENT_SPNEGO_AUTHEN_RESPONSE	= 15,
 
-	KSMBD_EVENT_MAX
+	__KSMBD_EVENT_MAX,
+	KSMBD_EVENT_MAX = __KSMBD_EVENT_MAX - 1
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/fs/smb/server/transport_ipc.c b/fs/smb/server/transport_ipc.c
index b49d47bdafc945..f29bb03f0dc47b 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/transport_ipc.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/transport_ipc.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int handle_unsupported_event(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 static int handle_generic_event(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
 static int ksmbd_ipc_heartbeat_request(void);
 
-static const struct nla_policy ksmbd_nl_policy[KSMBD_EVENT_MAX] = {
+static const struct nla_policy ksmbd_nl_policy[KSMBD_EVENT_MAX + 1] = {
 	[KSMBD_EVENT_UNSPEC] = {
 		.len = 0,
 	},
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ static int handle_generic_event(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		return -EPERM;
 #endif
 
-	if (type >= KSMBD_EVENT_MAX) {
+	if (type > KSMBD_EVENT_MAX) {
 		WARN_ON(1);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}