diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go
index 322f618bf1b..3585b6565e9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers.go
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ func parseThresholdStatement(signal evictionapi.Signal, val string) (*evictionap
 		if percentage < 0 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("eviction percentage threshold %v must be >= 0%%: %s", signal, val)
 		}
-		if percentage > 100 {
+		// percentage is a float and should not be greater than 1 (100%)
+		if percentage > 1 {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("eviction percentage threshold %v must be <= 100%%: %s", signal, val)
 		}
 		return &evictionapi.Threshold{
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go
index 5b4e729fe6c..c6a76b0d2e1 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/eviction/helpers_test.go
@@ -387,6 +387,15 @@ func TestParseThresholdConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			expectErr:               true,
 			expectThresholds:        []evictionapi.Threshold{},
 		},
+		"hard-signal-percentage-greater-than-100%": {
+			allocatableConfig:       []string{},
+			evictionHard:            map[string]string{"memory.available": "150%"},
+			evictionSoft:            map[string]string{},
+			evictionSoftGracePeriod: map[string]string{},
+			evictionMinReclaim:      map[string]string{},
+			expectErr:               true,
+			expectThresholds:        []evictionapi.Threshold{},
+		},
 		"soft-signal-negative": {
 			allocatableConfig:       []string{},
 			evictionHard:            map[string]string{},