diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c
index 2fd717d8dd30..71d7bae2cbca 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mlxcpld.c
@@ -337,9 +337,9 @@ static int mlxcpld_i2c_wait_for_tc(struct mlxcpld_i2c_priv *priv)
 		if (priv->smbus_block && (val & MLXCPLD_I2C_SMBUS_BLK_BIT)) {
 			mlxcpld_i2c_read_comm(priv, MLXCPLD_LPCI2C_NUM_DAT_REG,
 					      &datalen, 1);
-			if (unlikely(datalen > (I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX + 1))) {
+			if (unlikely(datalen > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX)) {
 				dev_err(priv->dev, "Incorrect smbus block read message len\n");
-				return -E2BIG;
+				return -EPROTO;
 			}
 		} else {
 			datalen = priv->xfer.data_len;