diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index eaedbc1a3e95..8016cd059db1 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ static int fuse_retrieve(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct inode *inode,
 	offset = outarg->offset & ~PAGE_MASK;
 	file_size = i_size_read(inode);
 
-	num = outarg->size;
+	num = min(outarg->size, fc->max_write);
 	if (outarg->offset > file_size)
 		num = 0;
 	else if (outarg->offset + num > file_size)