diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c
index 0e3eaea5d85262964f1d6c7304b6deeaed890d3e..415ef7df8fc385d2e941e0317ae4779f077a5d8a 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ u32 shmem_read_header(struct scmi_shared_mem __iomem *shmem)
 void shmem_fetch_response(struct scmi_shared_mem __iomem *shmem,
 			  struct scmi_xfer *xfer)
 {
+	size_t len = ioread32(&shmem->length);
+
 	xfer->hdr.status = ioread32(shmem->msg_payload);
 	/* Skip the length of header and status in shmem area i.e 8 bytes */
-	xfer->rx.len = min_t(size_t, xfer->rx.len,
-			     ioread32(&shmem->length) - 8);
+	xfer->rx.len = min_t(size_t, xfer->rx.len, len > 8 ? len - 8 : 0);
 
 	/* Take a copy to the rx buffer.. */
 	memcpy_fromio(xfer->rx.buf, shmem->msg_payload + 4, xfer->rx.len);