diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
index 89f76252a16f..ac727028e658 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_dev_frontend.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static ssize_t xenbus_file_write(struct file *filp,
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Can't write a xenbus message larger we can buffer */
-	if ((len + u->len) > sizeof(u->u.buffer)) {
+	if (len > sizeof(u->u.buffer) - u->len) {
 		/* On error, dump existing buffer */
 		u->len = 0;
 		rc = -EINVAL;