diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index 65ec660c2960..e19aab1fccca 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -1728,6 +1728,10 @@ static ssize_t iov_iter_extract_bvec_pages(struct iov_iter *i,
                (*pages)[k++] = bv.bv_page;
                size += bv.bv_len;
 
+               if (size > maxsize) {
+                       size = maxsize;
+                       break;
+               }
                if (k >= maxpages)
                        break;