diff --git a/sound/firewire/motu/motu-hwdep.c b/sound/firewire/motu/motu-hwdep.c
index 6675b23aad69..89dc436a0652 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/motu/motu-hwdep.c
+++ b/sound/firewire/motu/motu-hwdep.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static long hwdep_read(struct snd_hwdep *hwdep, char __user *buf, long count,
 		while (consumed < count &&
 		       snd_motu_register_dsp_message_parser_copy_event(motu, &ev)) {
 			ptr = (u32 __user *)(buf + consumed);
-			if (put_user(ev, ptr))
+			if (consumed + sizeof(ev) > count || put_user(ev, ptr))
 				return -EFAULT;
 			consumed += sizeof(ev);
 		}