diff --git a/src/jwe.c b/src/jwe.c
index 5d46c51..ddd26e9 100644
--- a/src/jwe.c
+++ b/src/jwe.c
@@ -2259,7 +2259,7 @@ static void r_jwe_remove_padding(unsigned char * text, size_t * text_len, unsign
   unsigned char pad = text[(*text_len)-1], i;
   int pad_ok = 1;
 
-  if (pad && pad < (unsigned char)block_size) {
+  if (pad && pad <= (unsigned char)block_size) {
     for (i=0; i<pad; i++) {
       if (text[((*text_len)-i-1)] != pad) {
         pad_ok = 0;