diff --git a/kern/libkern/buddy.c b/kern/libkern/buddy.c
index 3b49bb0..36f1ff4 100644
--- a/kern/libkern/buddy.c
+++ b/kern/libkern/buddy.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int buddy_free(void *ptr) {
     block_header_t *hdr = (block_header_t *)ptr - 1;
     int             order = hdr->order;
 
-    assert_msg(order != MAX_ORDER, "The buddy freelist header seems to have been corrupted.");
+    assert_msg(order <= MAX_ORDER, "The buddy freelist header seems to have been corrupted.");
 
     uintptr_t addr = (uintptr_t)ptr;