diff --git a/bin/swift b/bin/swift
index 267744a7..57607309 100755
--- a/bin/swift
+++ b/bin/swift
@@ -845,8 +845,9 @@ def st_upload(parser, args, print_queue, error_queue):
                     except ClientException, err:
                         if err.http_status != 404:
                             raise
+                # Don't do segment job if object is not big enough
                 if options.segment_size and \
-                        getsize(path) < options.segment_size:
+                        getsize(path) > int(options.segment_size):
                     full_size = getsize(path)
                     segment_queue = Queue(10000)
                     segment_threads = [QueueFunctionThread(segment_queue,