diff --git a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
index ce7ad0acee7a..09fbdd52a561 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
@@ -27,11 +27,22 @@ static int ttyport_receive_buf(struct tty_port *port, const unsigned char *cp,
 {
 	struct serdev_controller *ctrl = port->client_data;
 	struct serport *serport = serdev_controller_get_drvdata(ctrl);
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!test_bit(SERPORT_ACTIVE, &serport->flags))
 		return 0;
 
-	return serdev_controller_receive_buf(ctrl, cp, count);
+	ret = serdev_controller_receive_buf(ctrl, cp, count);
+
+	dev_WARN_ONCE(&ctrl->dev, ret < 0 || ret > count,
+				"receive_buf returns %d (count = %zu)\n",
+				ret, count);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return 0;
+	else if (ret > count)
+		return count;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void ttyport_write_wakeup(struct tty_port *port)