diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/debugfs.c
index eefa6fb79685d3b5f2c20eb0d312cc05220f66fe..619b4534ef09b24a9c1512106c2002c83ad7354e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/debugfs.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static ssize_t shm_read_file(struct b43legacy_wldev *dev, char *buf, size_t bufs
 	__le16 *le16buf = (__le16 *)buf;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 0x1000; i++) {
-		if (bufsize <= 0)
+		if (bufsize < sizeof(tmp))
 			break;
 		tmp = b43legacy_shm_read16(dev, B43legacy_SHM_SHARED, 2 * i);
 		le16buf[i] = cpu_to_le16(tmp);