diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainer.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainer.java
index 3a55fcb0bdbcd..25f361b40636e 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainer.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobContainer.java
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ private static List<ListObjectsV2Response> executeListing(
             for (ListObjectsV2Response listObjectsV2Response : listObjectsIterable) {
                 results.add(listObjectsV2Response);
                 totalObjects += listObjectsV2Response.contents().size();
-                if (limit != -1 && totalObjects > limit) {
+                if (limit != -1 && totalObjects >= limit) {
                     break;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreContainerTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreContainerTests.java
index 58ad290a31e85..2b45e9cfe2d4b 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreContainerTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreContainerTests.java
@@ -916,6 +916,15 @@ public void testListBlobsByPrefixInLexicographicOrderWithLimitLessThanPageSize()
         testListBlobsByPrefixInLexicographicOrder(2, 1, BlobContainer.BlobNameSortOrder.LEXICOGRAPHIC);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test the boundary value at page size to ensure
+     * unnecessary calls are not made to S3 by fetching the next page.
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public void testListBlobsByPrefixInLexicographicOrderWithLimitEqualToPageSize() throws IOException {
+        testListBlobsByPrefixInLexicographicOrder(5, 1, BlobContainer.BlobNameSortOrder.LEXICOGRAPHIC);
+    }
+
     public void testListBlobsByPrefixInLexicographicOrderWithLimitGreaterThanPageSize() throws IOException {
         testListBlobsByPrefixInLexicographicOrder(8, 2, BlobContainer.BlobNameSortOrder.LEXICOGRAPHIC);
     }