diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_str.c b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_str.c
index 5c4cbf724f..97d873ed5b 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_str.c
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_str.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ eina_str_split_full_helper(const char *str,
    size_t len, dlen;
    unsigned int tokens;
 
-   EINA_SAFETY_ON_TRUE_RETURN_VAL(max_tokens < 1, NULL);
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_TRUE_RETURN_VAL(max_tokens < 0, NULL);
    dlen = strlen(delim);
    if (dlen == 0)
      {