diff --git a/drivers/dma/dma_silabs_ldma.c b/drivers/dma/dma_silabs_ldma.c
index b6044263961..a84dbcefd40 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dma_silabs_ldma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dma_silabs_ldma.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static int dma_silabs_configure(const struct device *dev, uint32_t channel,
 	LDMA_TransferCfg_t *xfer_config = &chan_conf->xfer_config;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (channel > data->dma_ctx.dma_channels) {
+	if (channel >= data->dma_ctx.dma_channels) {
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}