diff --git a/recipes-google/emmc/emmc-logs/start_emmc_logging.sh b/recipes-google/emmc/emmc-logs/start_emmc_logging.sh
index a30d307..b4b200b 100644
--- a/recipes-google/emmc/emmc-logs/start_emmc_logging.sh
+++ b/recipes-google/emmc/emmc-logs/start_emmc_logging.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
   run_size="$(du -bs /run/log/journal | awk '{print $1}')"
   perst_size="$(du -bs "$EMMC_LOG_DIR" | awk '{print $1}')"
   # Determine the required vacuum amount + 1MB of slop for new logs
-  req_size=$((max - (run_size + 1024*1024)))
-  (( req_size > perst_size )) && break
+  req_size=$(( run_size + 1024*1024 ))
+  free_size=$(( max - perst_size ))
+  (( req_size > free_size )) && break
 
   # Sum all but the biggest filesize to guarantee we vacuum some contents
   vsize=$(find "$EMMC_LOG_DIR" -type f -exec stat -c '%s' {} \; \