diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rk3x.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rk3x.c
index 69e11853e8bff187e09459167506ec24b8f7a122..e637c32ae5172bcaa77bdd2c5eda8dee34457176 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rk3x.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rk3x.c
@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ static void rk3x_i2c_handle_read(struct rk3x_i2c *i2c, unsigned int ipd)
 	/* ack interrupt */
 	i2c_writel(i2c, REG_INT_MBRF, REG_IPD);
 
+	/* Can only handle a maximum of 32 bytes at a time */
+	if (len > 32)
+		len = 32;
+
 	/* read the data from receive buffer */
 	for (i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
 		if (i % 4 == 0)