diff --git a/sanoid b/sanoid
index 265dc9b..e31655b 100755
--- a/sanoid
+++ b/sanoid
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ sub take_snapshots {
 				# reconstruct our human-formatted most recent preferred snapshot time into an epoch time, to compare with the epoch of our most recent snapshot
 				my $maxage = time()-$lastpreferred;
 				
-				if ( $newestage >= $maxage ) {
+				if ( $newestage > $maxage ) {
 					# update to most current possible datestamp
 					%datestamp = get_date();
 					# print "we should have had a $type snapshot of $path $maxage seconds ago; most recent is $newestage seconds old.\n";