diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xgene-slimpro.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xgene-slimpro.c
index 63cbb9c7c1b0ed9bd121c295205dd136a58f18fc..76e9dcd6385695c9c802fc54041f3e86f60a3148 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xgene-slimpro.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xgene-slimpro.c
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ static int slimpro_i2c_blkwr(struct slimpro_i2c_dev *ctx, u32 chip,
 	u32 msg[3];
 	int rc;
 
+	if (writelen > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	memcpy(ctx->dma_buffer, data, writelen);
 	paddr = dma_map_single(ctx->dev, ctx->dma_buffer, writelen,
 			       DMA_TO_DEVICE);