diff --git a/test/test_transforms_v2_refactored.py b/test/test_transforms_v2_refactored.py
index 59d30d482e2..41aa9b50c30 100644
--- a/test/test_transforms_v2_refactored.py
+++ b/test/test_transforms_v2_refactored.py
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ def test_functional_pil_antialias_warning(self):
     def test_max_size_error(self, size, make_input):
         if isinstance(size, int) or len(size) == 1:
             max_size = (size if isinstance(size, int) else size[0]) - 1
-            match = "must be strictly greater than the requested size"
+            match = "must be strictly greater than or equal to the requested size"
         else:
             # value can be anything other than None
             max_size = -1
diff --git a/torchvision/transforms/functional.py b/torchvision/transforms/functional.py
index 8517cf42599..348e43d0c79 100644
--- a/torchvision/transforms/functional.py
+++ b/torchvision/transforms/functional.py
@@ -374,9 +374,9 @@ def _compute_resized_output_size(
         new_short, new_long = requested_new_short, int(requested_new_short * long / short)
 
         if max_size is not None:
-            if max_size <= requested_new_short:
+            if max_size < requested_new_short:
                 raise ValueError(
-                    f"max_size = {max_size} must be strictly greater than the requested "
+                    f"max_size = {max_size} must be strictly greater than or equal to the requested "
                     f"size for the smaller edge size = {size}"
                 )
             if new_long > max_size: