diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xgene-slimpro.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xgene-slimpro.c
index a7ac746018ad0c098d51eb56c1d5d8981d34c78c..7a746f41353514a7586626c913d77510452de35e 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xgene-slimpro.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-xgene-slimpro.c
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ 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);