diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/meson-mx-efuse.c b/drivers/nvmem/meson-mx-efuse.c
index b9f9ce089de9..07c9f38c1c60 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/meson-mx-efuse.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/meson-mx-efuse.c
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ static int meson_mx_efuse_read(void *context, unsigned int offset,
 		if (err)
 			break;
 
-		memcpy(buf + i, &tmp, efuse->config.word_size);
+		memcpy(buf + i, &tmp,
+		       min_t(size_t, bytes - i, efuse->config.word_size));
 	}
 
 	meson_mx_efuse_mask_bits(efuse, MESON_MX_EFUSE_CNTL1,