diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/eeprom.c b/drivers/net/tulip/eeprom.c
index 206918bad539..da2206f6021d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/eeprom.c
@@ -343,6 +343,12 @@ int __devinit tulip_read_eeprom(struct net_device *dev, int location, int addr_l
 	void __iomem *ee_addr = tp->base_addr + CSR9;
 	int read_cmd = location | (EE_READ_CMD << addr_len);
 
+	/* If location is past the end of what we can address, don't
+	 * read some other location (ie truncate). Just return zero.
+	 */
+	if (location > (1 << addr_len) - 1)
+		return 0;
+
 	iowrite32(EE_ENB & ~EE_CS, ee_addr);
 	iowrite32(EE_ENB, ee_addr);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c b/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c
index ed600bf56e78..82f404b76d81 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/tulip_core.c
@@ -1437,6 +1437,7 @@ static int __devinit tulip_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	   EEPROM.
 	   */
 	ee_data = tp->eeprom;
+	memset(ee_data, 0, sizeof(tp->eeprom));
 	sum = 0;
 	if (chip_idx == LC82C168) {
 		for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
@@ -1458,8 +1459,12 @@ static int __devinit tulip_init_one (struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		/* A serial EEPROM interface, we read now and sort it out later. */
 		int sa_offset = 0;
 		int ee_addr_size = tulip_read_eeprom(dev, 0xff, 8) & 0x40000 ? 8 : 6;
+		int ee_max_addr = ((1 << ee_addr_size) - 1) * sizeof(u16);
 
-		for (i = 0; i < sizeof(tp->eeprom); i+=2) {
+		if (ee_max_addr > sizeof(tp->eeprom))
+			ee_max_addr = sizeof(tp->eeprom);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < ee_max_addr ; i += sizeof(u16)) {
 			u16 data = tulip_read_eeprom(dev, i/2, ee_addr_size);
 			ee_data[i] = data & 0xff;
 			ee_data[i + 1] = data >> 8;