diff --git a/src/hal/drivers/mesa-hostmot2/sserial.c b/src/hal/drivers/mesa-hostmot2/sserial.c
index d0030a214f3..1954709a0b5 100644
--- a/src/hal/drivers/mesa-hostmot2/sserial.c
+++ b/src/hal/drivers/mesa-hostmot2/sserial.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ int hm2_sserial_get_globals_list(hostmot2_t *hm2, hm2_sserial_remote_t *chan){
                 return -EINVAL;
             }
             // process is a subset of global. The only way to tell is to compare
-            for (i = 0; i <= chan->num_confs ; i ++) {
+            for (i = 0; i < chan->num_confs ; i ++) {
                 if (chan->confs[i].ParmAddr == data.ParmAddr){i = 1000;}
             }
             if (data.RecordType == LBP_DATA && i < 1000) {