diff --git a/src/libmdb/props.c b/src/libmdb/props.c
index 615730a..4f8a412 100644
--- a/src/libmdb/props.c
+++ b/src/libmdb/props.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ mdb_read_props(MdbHandle *mdb, GPtrArray *names, gchar *kkd, int len)
 		record_len = mdb_get_int16(kkd, pos);
 		dtype = kkd[pos + 3];
 		elem = mdb_get_int16(kkd, pos + 4);
-		if (elem < 0 || elem >= names->len)
+		if (elem >= names->len)
 			break;
 		dsize = mdb_get_int16(kkd, pos + 6);
 		if (dsize < 0 || pos + 8 + dsize > len)