diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/BaseDestination.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/BaseDestination.java
index a35b404701..39488d632d 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/BaseDestination.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/BaseDestination.java
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ public abstract class BaseDestination implements Destination {
     public boolean canGC() {
         boolean result = false;
         if (isGcIfInactive()&& this.lastActiveTime != 0l) {
-            if ((System.currentTimeMillis() - this.lastActiveTime) > getInactiveTimoutBeforeGC()) {
+            if ((System.currentTimeMillis() - this.lastActiveTime) >= getInactiveTimoutBeforeGC()) {
                 result = true;
             }
         }
diff --git a/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/DestinationGCTest.java b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/DestinationGCTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8194bcbbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activemq-core/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/broker/region/DestinationGCTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.broker.region;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.EmbeddedBrokerTestSupport;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.region.policy.PolicyEntry;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.region.policy.PolicyMap;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQDestination;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQQueue;
+
+public class DestinationGCTest extends EmbeddedBrokerTestSupport {
+
+    ActiveMQQueue queue = new ActiveMQQueue("TEST");
+
+    @Override
+    protected BrokerService createBroker() throws Exception {
+        BrokerService broker = super.createBroker();
+        broker.setDestinations(new ActiveMQDestination[] {queue});
+        broker.setSchedulePeriodForDestinationPurge(1000);
+        PolicyEntry entry = new PolicyEntry();
+        entry.setGcInactiveDestinations(true);
+        entry.setInactiveTimoutBeforeGC(3000);
+        PolicyMap map = new PolicyMap();
+        map.setDefaultEntry(entry);
+        broker.setDestinationPolicy(map);
+        return broker;
+    }
+
+    public void testDestinationGc() throws Exception {
+        assertEquals(1, broker.getAdminView().getQueues().length);
+        Thread.sleep(7000);
+        assertEquals(0, broker.getAdminView().getQueues().length);
+    }
+}