diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
index ccd76c71af098d23722235833d812d89e9566a45..cb07651f4b467f70896eca206906e67ab56f371c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-dev.c
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ static noinline int i2cdev_ioctl_rdwr(struct i2c_client *client,
 			    msgs[i].len < 1 || msgs[i].buf[0] < 1 ||
 			    msgs[i].len < msgs[i].buf[0] +
 					     I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX) {
+				i++;
 				res = -EINVAL;
 				break;
 			}