diff --git a/awx/main/models/jobs.py b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
index f1bca25392..74cccb2fd5 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/jobs.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ class JobTemplate(UnifiedJobTemplate, JobOptions, SurveyJobTemplateMixin, Resour
 
     @property
     def cache_timeout_blocked(self):
-        if Job.objects.filter(job_template=self, status__in=['pending', 'waiting', 'running']).count() > getattr(settings, 'SCHEDULE_MAX_JOBS', 10):
+        if Job.objects.filter(job_template=self, status__in=['pending', 'waiting', 'running']).count() >= getattr(settings, 'SCHEDULE_MAX_JOBS', 10):
             logger.error("Job template %s could not be started because there are more than %s other jobs from that template waiting to run" %
                          (self.name, getattr(settings, 'SCHEDULE_MAX_JOBS', 10)))
             return True
diff --git a/awx/main/models/workflow.py b/awx/main/models/workflow.py
index c91a67e765..4e4f2a8dbb 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/workflow.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/workflow.py
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ class WorkflowJobTemplate(UnifiedJobTemplate, WorkflowJobOptions, SurveyJobTempl
     @property
     def cache_timeout_blocked(self):
         if WorkflowJob.objects.filter(workflow_job_template=self,
-                                      status__in=['pending', 'waiting', 'running']).count() > getattr(settings, 'SCHEDULE_MAX_JOBS', 10):
+                                      status__in=['pending', 'waiting', 'running']).count() >= getattr(settings, 'SCHEDULE_MAX_JOBS', 10):
             logger.error("Workflow Job template %s could not be started because there are more than %s other jobs from that template waiting to run" %
                          (self.name, getattr(settings, 'SCHEDULE_MAX_JOBS', 10)))
             return True