diff --git a/src/net_processing.cpp b/src/net_processing.cpp
index 17ae6a82db..ed9debc95a 100644
--- a/src/net_processing.cpp
+++ b/src/net_processing.cpp
@@ -664,10 +664,10 @@ bool AddOrphanTx(const CTransactionRef& tx, NodeId peer) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRE
     // large transaction with a missing parent then we assume
     // it will rebroadcast it later, after the parent transaction(s)
     // have been mined or received.
-    // 100 orphans, each of which is at most 99,999 bytes big is
+    // 100 orphans, each of which is at most 100,000 bytes big is
     // at most 10 megabytes of orphans and somewhat more byprev index (in the worst case):
     unsigned int sz = GetTransactionWeight(*tx);
-    if (sz >= MAX_STANDARD_TX_WEIGHT)
+    if (sz > MAX_STANDARD_TX_WEIGHT)
     {
         LogPrint(BCLog::MEMPOOL, "ignoring large orphan tx (size: %u, hash: %s)\n", sz, hash.ToString());
         return false;
diff --git a/src/policy/policy.cpp b/src/policy/policy.cpp
index aac3fe5c14..3a592e40d3 100644
--- a/src/policy/policy.cpp
+++ b/src/policy/policy.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ bool IsStandardTx(const CTransaction& tx, std::string& reason)
     // computing signature hashes is O(ninputs*txsize). Limiting transactions
     // to MAX_STANDARD_TX_WEIGHT mitigates CPU exhaustion attacks.
     unsigned int sz = GetTransactionWeight(tx);
-    if (sz >= MAX_STANDARD_TX_WEIGHT) {
+    if (sz > MAX_STANDARD_TX_WEIGHT) {
         reason = "tx-size";
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index bffd05f821..adc48a8650 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -3078,7 +3078,7 @@ bool CWallet::CreateTransaction(const std::vector<CRecipient>& vecSend, CTransac
         tx = MakeTransactionRef(std::move(txNew));
 
         // Limit size
-        if (GetTransactionWeight(*tx) >= MAX_STANDARD_TX_WEIGHT)
+        if (GetTransactionWeight(*tx) > MAX_STANDARD_TX_WEIGHT)
         {
             strFailReason = _("Transaction too large");
             return false;