diff --git a/spacy/ml/tb_framework.pyx b/spacy/ml/tb_framework.pyx
index d08ff9c6e..f0316d8f9 100644
--- a/spacy/ml/tb_framework.pyx
+++ b/spacy/ml/tb_framework.pyx
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def _forward_fallback(
             all_ids.append(ids)
             all_statevecs.append(statevecs)
             all_which.append(which)
-        if max_moves >= 1 and n_moves >= max_moves:
+        if n_moves >= max_moves >= 1:
             break
         n_moves += 1
 
diff --git a/spacy/pipeline/transition_parser.pyx b/spacy/pipeline/transition_parser.pyx
index 9a6543453..085fd8ea8 100644
--- a/spacy/pipeline/transition_parser.pyx
+++ b/spacy/pipeline/transition_parser.pyx
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ class Parser(TrainablePipe):
                 state.c.history.push_back(clas)
             output.append(costs)
             batch = [(s, h, g) for s, h, g in batch if len(h) != 0]
-            if max_moves >= 1 and n_moves >= max_moves:
+            if n_moves >= max_moves >= 1:
                 break
             n_moves += 1