diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-ua/identity-ua-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-ua/identity-ua-service.ts
index c1e6d46ee..5e3f1b4c3 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-ua/identity-ua-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-ua/identity-ua-service.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export const identityUaServiceFactory = ({
         }
       }
 
-      if (clientSecretNumUsesLimit > 0 && clientSecretNumUses === clientSecretNumUsesLimit) {
+      if (clientSecretNumUsesLimit > 0 && clientSecretNumUses >= clientSecretNumUsesLimit) {
         // number of times client secret can be used for
         // a login operation reached
         await identityUaClientSecretDAL.updateById(validClientSecretInfo.id, {