diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/ClockPageReplacementStrategy.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/ClockPageReplacementStrategy.java
index c12f288..872ac35 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/ClockPageReplacementStrategy.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-storage-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/storage/common/buffercache/ClockPageReplacementStrategy.java
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
     }
 
     private void ensureBudgetForLargePages(int delta) {
-        while (numPages.get() + delta >= maxAllowedNumPages) {
+        while (numPages.get() + delta > maxAllowedNumPages) {
             ICachedPageInternal victim = findVictimByEviction();
             if (victim != null) {
                 final int victimMultiplier = victim.getFrameSizeMultiplier();