diff --git a/src/backend/storage/page/bufpage.c b/src/backend/storage/page/bufpage.c
index eb09722e8c242d6d6b8aa950e811197390b466d7..b99e6a8205918b8abfbdfdc87ffa96396a2aa9cb 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/page/bufpage.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/page/bufpage.c
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ PageIndexMultiDelete(Page page, OffsetNumber *itemnos, int nitems)
 	int			nextitm;
 	OffsetNumber offnum;
 
-	Assert(nitems < MaxIndexTuplesPerPage);
+	Assert(nitems <= MaxIndexTuplesPerPage);
 
 	/*
 	 * If there aren't very many items to delete, then retail