diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c
index 99119b45f996..c4e1dc70cea5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/pcie.c
@@ -1692,7 +1692,8 @@ static int mwifiex_pcie_process_event_ready(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
 		skb_pull(skb_cmd, INTF_HEADER_LEN);
 		dev_dbg(adapter->dev, "info: Event length: %d\n", evt_len);
 
-		if ((evt_len > 0) && (evt_len  < MAX_EVENT_SIZE))
+		if (evt_len > MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN &&
+		    evt_len < MAX_EVENT_SIZE)
 			memcpy(adapter->event_body, skb_cmd->data +
 			       MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN, evt_len -
 			       MWIFIEX_EVENT_HEADER_LEN);