diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index d9ddad50..01e8f31f 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -15383,7 +15383,7 @@ static __cold int mdbx_page_check(MDBX_cursor *const mc,
                           lp->mp_pgno);
             continue;
           }
-          if (unlikely(number_of_ovpages(env, dsize) != lp->mp_pages))
+          if (unlikely(number_of_ovpages(env, dsize) > lp->mp_pages))
             rc =
                 bad_page(mp, "big-node size (%zu) mismatch n-pages size (%u)\n",
                          dsize, lp->mp_pages);