diff --git a/src/bytes_mut.rs b/src/bytes_mut.rs
index c9f563430..0248df856 100644
--- a/src/bytes_mut.rs
+++ b/src/bytes_mut.rs
@@ -422,8 +422,9 @@ impl BytesMut {
     /// assert_eq!(buf, b"hello"[..]);
     /// ```
     pub fn truncate(&mut self, len: usize) {
-        if len <= self.len() {
+        if len < self.len() {
             unsafe {
+                // SAFETY: Shrinking the buffer cannot expose uninitialized bytes.
                 self.set_len(len);
             }
         }