diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c
index 415ef7df8fc3..56a1f61aa3ff 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ void shmem_fetch_response(struct scmi_shared_mem __iomem *shmem,
 void shmem_fetch_notification(struct scmi_shared_mem __iomem *shmem,
 			      size_t max_len, struct scmi_xfer *xfer)
 {
+	size_t len = ioread32(&shmem->length);
+
 	/* Skip only the length of header in shmem area i.e 4 bytes */
-	xfer->rx.len = min_t(size_t, max_len, ioread32(&shmem->length) - 4);
+	xfer->rx.len = min_t(size_t, max_len, len > 4 ? len - 4 : 0);
 
 	/* Take a copy to the rx buffer.. */
 	memcpy_fromio(xfer->rx.buf, shmem->msg_payload, xfer->rx.len);