diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index a3898a0b81..32f54814cb 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -22274,3 +22274,9 @@ Rom    7 Jan 2005
 
     client/win/
         win_screensaver.cpp
+
+David  7 Jan 2005
+	- off-by-1 error caused trivial validator to not work
+
+	sched/
+		validate_util.C
diff --git a/sched/validate_util.C b/sched/validate_util.C
index 16a1df7859..4f3acb4ad2 100644
--- a/sched/validate_util.C
+++ b/sched/validate_util.C
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int generic_check_set(
                 matches[j] = true;
             }
         }
-        if (neq > min_valid) {
+        if (neq >= min_valid) {
             // set validate state for each result
             for (j = 0; j != n; ++j) {
                 results[j].validate_state = matches[j] ? VALIDATE_STATE_VALID : VALIDATE_STATE_INVALID;