diff --git a/drivers/auth/mbedtls/mbedtls_x509_parser.c b/drivers/auth/mbedtls/mbedtls_x509_parser.c
index 87f280c..d8f201e 100644
--- a/drivers/auth/mbedtls/mbedtls_x509_parser.c
+++ b/drivers/auth/mbedtls/mbedtls_x509_parser.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
 		return IMG_PARSER_ERR_FORMAT;
 	}
 
-	if (len > (size_t)(end - p)) {
+	if (len != (size_t)(end - p)) {
 		return IMG_PARSER_ERR_FORMAT;
 	}
 	crt_end = p + len;