diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c
index 84148a79414b..3309c01fa715 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/ti-sn65dsi86.c
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ static ssize_t ti_sn_aux_transfer(struct drm_dp_aux *aux,
 	u32 request_val = AUX_CMD_REQ(msg->request);
 	u8 *buf = msg->buffer;
 	unsigned int len = msg->size;
+	unsigned int short_len;
 	unsigned int val;
 	int ret;
 	u8 addr_len[SN_AUX_LENGTH_REG + 1 - SN_AUX_ADDR_19_16_REG];
@@ -600,7 +601,8 @@ static ssize_t ti_sn_aux_transfer(struct drm_dp_aux *aux,
 	}
 
 	if (val & AUX_IRQ_STATUS_AUX_SHORT) {
-		ret = regmap_read(pdata->regmap, SN_AUX_LENGTH_REG, &len);
+		ret = regmap_read(pdata->regmap, SN_AUX_LENGTH_REG, &short_len);
+		len = min(len, short_len);
 		if (ret)
 			goto exit;
 	} else if (val & AUX_IRQ_STATUS_NAT_I2C_FAIL) {