diff --git a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx/otx_cptpf_ucode.c b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx/otx_cptpf_ucode.c
index c4250e5fcf8f..11dfbd4beba9 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx/otx_cptpf_ucode.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx/otx_cptpf_ucode.c
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ static ssize_t ucode_load_store(struct device *dev,
 	int del_grp_idx = -1;
 	int ucode_idx = 0;
 
-	if (strlen(buf) > OTX_CPT_UCODE_NAME_LENGTH)
+	if (count >= OTX_CPT_UCODE_NAME_LENGTH)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	eng_grps = container_of(attr, struct otx_cpt_eng_grps, ucode_load_attr);