diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Dispatcher.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Dispatcher.java
index 8f81c19236c..9bf549a059b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Dispatcher.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Dispatcher.java
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ public class Dispatcher {
             long blockSize = pendingBlock.block.getNumBytes();
             incScheduledSize(-blockSize);
             task.size -= blockSize;
-            if (task.size == 0) {
+            if (task.size <= 0) {
               i.remove();
             }
             return pendingBlock;