diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
index 094124b695dcc4203195b06dc44fa25e16c1475d..aa2ca8780b9c7f91047e65f29fb97bef5cca2181 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_debugfs.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ static ssize_t rvu_dbg_qsize_write(struct file *filp,
 	u16 pcifunc;
 	int ret, lf;
 
-	cmd_buf = memdup_user(buffer, count);
+	cmd_buf = memdup_user(buffer, count + 1);
 	if (IS_ERR(cmd_buf))
 		return -ENOMEM;