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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/nvm.c4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/nvm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/nvm.c
index 71938ed2d3c3..1e7882c7d6d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/nvm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/nvm.c
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ s32 e1000_read_pba_string_generic(struct e1000_hw *hw, u8 *pba_num,
if (nvm_data != NVM_PBA_PTR_GUARD) {
e_dbg("NVM PBA number is not stored as string\n");
- /* we will need 11 characters to store the PBA */
- if (pba_num_size < 11) {
+ /* make sure callers buffer is big enough to store the PBA */
+ if (pba_num_size < E1000_PBANUM_LENGTH) {
e_dbg("PBA string buffer too small\n");
return E1000_ERR_NO_SPACE;
}