diff --git a/pack-check.c b/pack-check.c
index c7275f4b92..605811b7b0 100644
--- a/pack-check.c
+++ b/pack-check.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int verify_packfile(struct repository *r,
 		unuse_pack(w_curs);
 
 		if (type == OBJ_BLOB &&
-		    repo_settings_get_big_file_threshold(r) <= size) {
+		    repo_settings_get_big_file_threshold(r) < size) {
 			/*
 			 * Let stream_object_signature() check it with
 			 * the streaming interface; no point slurping
diff --git a/t/t1450-fsck.sh b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
index 1b4074304c..16cc5d5dcb 100755
--- a/t/t1450-fsck.sh
+++ b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
@@ -1152,4 +1152,17 @@ test_expect_success 'fsck reports problems in current worktree index without fil
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'fsck with blob size equal to core.bigFileThreshold' '
+	test_when_finished rm -rf big-blob-fsck &&
+	git init big-blob-fsck &&
+	(
+		cd big-blob-fsck &&
+		test-tool genzeros 1024 >blob &&
+		git add blob &&
+		git commit -m "blob equal to threshold" &&
+		git repack -ad &&
+		git -c core.bigFileThreshold=1k fsck --no-dangling
+	)
+'
+
 test_done