diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
index 3a960e15612a..edeeacff1e19 100644
--- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ static void uvc_video_stats_decode(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
 
 	/* Update the packets counters. */
 	stream->stats.frame.nb_packets++;
-	if (len > header_size)
+	if (len <= header_size)
 		stream->stats.frame.nb_empty++;
 
 	if (data[1] & UVC_STREAM_ERR)