diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MIProcessAdapter.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MIProcessAdapter.java
index e25bc8c668d..1d81fe7cde4 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MIProcessAdapter.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/MIProcessAdapter.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class MIProcessAdapter implements MIProcess {
 		if (monitor.isCanceled()) {
 			pgdb.destroy();
 			throw new OperationCanceledException();
-		} else if (timepass > launchTimeout) {
+		} else if (timepass >= launchTimeout) {
 			pgdb.destroy();
 			String message = MIPlugin.getResourceString("src.GDBDebugger.Error_launch_timeout"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			throw new IOException(message);