diff --git a/module/zfs/arc.c b/module/zfs/arc.c
index 1953640139b3..4327e36c59f3 100644
--- a/module/zfs/arc.c
+++ b/module/zfs/arc.c
@@ -8879,7 +8879,7 @@ l2arc_evict(l2arc_dev_t *dev, uint64_t distance, boolean_t all)
 		 * assertions may be violated without functional consequences
 		 * as the device is about to be removed.
 		 */
-		ASSERT3U(dev->l2ad_hand + distance, <, dev->l2ad_end);
+		ASSERT3U(dev->l2ad_hand + distance, <=, dev->l2ad_end);
 		if (!dev->l2ad_first)
 			ASSERT3U(dev->l2ad_hand, <=, dev->l2ad_evict);
 	}