diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index d5f35590c2756f2f876ff538b6703c33307bd3cb..d7fecf86a90f9b3f7887ada76c65aa5da0f3d79c 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -4687,7 +4687,7 @@ test_124a() {
         echo "$OLD_LVF" > $NSDIR/pool/lock_volume_factor
         LRU_SIZE_A=`cat $NSDIR/lru_size`
 
-        [ $LRU_SIZE_B -ge $LRU_SIZE_A ] || {
+        [ $LRU_SIZE_B -gt $LRU_SIZE_A ] || {
                 error "No locks dropped in "$((SLEEP+SLEEP_ADD))"s. LRU size: $LRU_SIZE_A"
                 lru_resize_enable
                 unlinkmany $DIR/$tdir/f $NR