diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
index 0777848b3316..fc9e0c6a0fba 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-s3c2410.c
@@ -508,8 +508,13 @@ static int i2c_s3c_irq_nextbyte(struct s3c24xx_i2c *i2c, unsigned long iicstat)
 		i2c->msg->buf[i2c->msg_ptr++] = byte;
 
 		/* Add actual length to read for smbus block read */
-		if (i2c->msg->flags & I2C_M_RECV_LEN && i2c->msg->len == 1)
+		if (i2c->msg->flags & I2C_M_RECV_LEN && i2c->msg->len == 1) {
+			if (byte == 0 || byte > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX) {
+				s3c24xx_i2c_stop(i2c, -EPROTO);
+				break;
+			}
 			i2c->msg->len += byte;
+		}
  prepare_read:
 		if (is_msglast(i2c)) {
 			/* last byte of buffer */