diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index cca4b9302a71..a3bfde8ad60e 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static int sub_alloc(struct idr *idp, int *starting_id, struct idr_layer **pa,
 			id = (id | ((1 << (IDR_BITS * l)) - 1)) + 1;
 
 			/* if already at the top layer, we need to grow */
-			if (id >= 1 << (idp->layers * IDR_BITS)) {
+			if (id > idr_max(idp->layers)) {
 				*starting_id = id;
 				return -EAGAIN;
 			}
@@ -829,12 +829,10 @@ void *idr_replace(struct idr *idp, void *ptr, int id)
 	if (!p)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	n = (p->layer+1) * IDR_BITS;
-
-	if (id >= (1 << n))
+	if (id > idr_max(p->layer + 1))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
-	n -= IDR_BITS;
+	n = p->layer * IDR_BITS;
 	while ((n > 0) && p) {
 		p = p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK];
 		n -= IDR_BITS;