diff --git a/check_fail2ban.sh b/check_fail2ban.sh
index 6142ba94e918077d9e844814816ecd4bece6caf3..4936c2113a31685fba8eef22e923cb5d85c147dd 100755
--- a/check_fail2ban.sh
+++ b/check_fail2ban.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ bcount=$(echo "$ban"|grep -v ^\#  | grep -v ^$|wc -l)
 
 if [ "$bcount" -ge ${warn} ] && [ "$bcount" -lt ${crit} ]; then
         State="Warning"
-elif [ "$bcount" -ge ${warn} ];then
+elif [ "$bcount" -ge ${crit} ];then
         State="Critical"
 else
         State="Ok"