diff --git a/rust/src/pgsql/parser.rs b/rust/src/pgsql/parser.rs
index aa34acb4e5..2656b48042 100644
--- a/rust/src/pgsql/parser.rs
+++ b/rust/src/pgsql/parser.rs
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ pub fn parse_request(i: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], PgsqlFEMessage> {
         b'X' => parse_terminate_message(i)?,
         _ => {
             let (i, identifier) = be_u8(i)?;
-            let (i, length) = verify(be_u32, |&x| x > PGSQL_LENGTH_FIELD)(i)?;
+            let (i, length) = verify(be_u32, |&x| x >= PGSQL_LENGTH_FIELD)(i)?;
             let (i, payload) = take(length - PGSQL_LENGTH_FIELD)(i)?;
             let unknown = PgsqlFEMessage::UnknownMessageType(RegularPacket {
                 identifier,