diff --git a/src/storage/datastorage.c b/src/storage/datastorage.c
index 7e6da46..655727a 100644
--- a/src/storage/datastorage.c
+++ b/src/storage/datastorage.c
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ int kick_clients(struct dawn_mac bssid_mac, uint32_t id) {
                     // only use rx_rate for indicating if transmission is going on
                     // <= 6MBits <- probably no transmission
                     // tx_rate has always some weird value so don't use ist
-                    if (have_bandwidth_iwinfo && dawn_metric.bandwidth_threshold != 0 && rx_rate > dawn_metric.bandwidth_threshold) {
+                    if (have_bandwidth_iwinfo && dawn_metric.bandwidth_threshold != 0 && rx_rate >= dawn_metric.bandwidth_threshold) {
                         dawnlog_info("Client " MACSTR ": Don't kick due to active data transfer: RX rate %f exceeds %d limit\n", MAC2STR(j->client_addr.u8), rx_rate, dawn_metric.bandwidth_threshold);
                     }
                     else