diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/discovery/mod.rs b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/discovery/mod.rs
index 38a6a84b44e..21b1146aff8 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/discovery/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/discovery/mod.rs
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ impl<E: EthSpec> Discovery<E> {
     /// updates the min_ttl field.
     fn add_subnet_query(&mut self, subnet: Subnet, min_ttl: Option<Instant>, retries: usize) {
         // remove the entry and complete the query if greater than the maximum search count
-        if retries > MAX_DISCOVERY_RETRY {
+        if retries >= MAX_DISCOVERY_RETRY {
             debug!("Subnet peer discovery did not find sufficient peers. Reached max retry limit");
             return;
         }
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/backfill_sync/mod.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/backfill_sync/mod.rs
index 9802ec56a16..7ef72c7f3a3 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/backfill_sync/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/backfill_sync/mod.rs
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BackFillSync<T> {
             .iter()
             .filter(|&(_epoch, batch)| in_buffer(batch))
             .count()
-            > BACKFILL_BATCH_BUFFER_SIZE as usize
+            >= BACKFILL_BATCH_BUFFER_SIZE as usize
         {
             return None;
         }
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs
index cbf65505efd..394f2fc37d5 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/block_lookups/mod.rs
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> BlockLookups<T> {
 
         // Lookups contain untrusted data, bound the total count of lookups hold in memory to reduce
         // the risk of OOM in case of bugs of malicious activity.
-        if self.single_block_lookups.len() > MAX_LOOKUPS {
+        if self.single_block_lookups.len() >= MAX_LOOKUPS {
             warn!(?block_root, "Dropping lookup reached max");
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/custody_backfill_sync/mod.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/custody_backfill_sync/mod.rs
index fa8b70c8b46..a964ad9a3c9 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/custody_backfill_sync/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/custody_backfill_sync/mod.rs
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> CustodyBackFillSync<T> {
             .iter()
             .filter(|&(_epoch, batch)| in_buffer(batch))
             .count()
-            > BACKFILL_BATCH_BUFFER_SIZE as usize
+            >= BACKFILL_BATCH_BUFFER_SIZE as usize
         {
             return None;
         }
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context/custody.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context/custody.rs
index de5d9b6e0b1..ae0eee99648 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context/custody.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/network_context/custody.rs
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> ActiveCustodyRequest<T> {
             if let Some(wait_duration) = request.is_awaiting_download() {
                 // Note: an empty response is considered a successful response, so we may end up
                 // retrying many more times than `MAX_CUSTODY_COLUMN_DOWNLOAD_ATTEMPTS`.
-                if request.download_failures > MAX_CUSTODY_COLUMN_DOWNLOAD_ATTEMPTS {
+                if request.download_failures >= MAX_CUSTODY_COLUMN_DOWNLOAD_ATTEMPTS {
                     return Err(Error::TooManyFailures);
                 }
 
diff --git a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/chain.rs b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/chain.rs
index d67d6468a92..25ea1af76ab 100644
--- a/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/chain.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/network/src/sync/range_sync/chain.rs
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ impl<T: BeaconChainTypes> SyncingChain<T> {
             .iter()
             .filter(|&(_epoch, batch)| in_buffer(batch))
             .count()
-            > BATCH_BUFFER_SIZE as usize
+            >= BATCH_BUFFER_SIZE as usize
         {
             return None;
         }