diff --git a/lang/rust/avro/src/decode.rs b/lang/rust/avro/src/decode.rs
index 86584d3e0c1..41c3f24ab27 100644
--- a/lang/rust/avro/src/decode.rs
+++ b/lang/rust/avro/src/decode.rs
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ pub(crate) fn decode_internal<R: Read, S: Borrow<Schema>>(
             Ok(if let Value::Int(raw_index) = decode_int(reader)? {
                 let index = usize::try_from(raw_index)
                     .map_err(|e| Error::ConvertI32ToUsize(e, raw_index))?;
-                if (0..=symbols.len()).contains(&index) {
+                if (0..symbols.len()).contains(&index) {
                     let symbol = symbols[index].clone();
                     Value::Enum(raw_index as u32, symbol)
                 } else {