diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
index 8ed1b6a33454..03a2528b7192 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/zns.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ int nvme_ns_report_zones(struct nvme_ns *ns, sector_t sector,
 	struct nvme_zone_report *report;
 	struct nvme_command c = { };
 	int ret, zone_idx = 0;
-	unsigned int nz, i;
+	unsigned int max_in_buf, nz, i;
 	size_t buflen;
 
 	if (ns->head->ids.csi != NVME_CSI_ZNS)
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ int nvme_ns_report_zones(struct nvme_ns *ns, sector_t sector,
 	if (!report)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	max_in_buf = (buflen - sizeof(struct nvme_zone_report)) /
+		sizeof(struct nvme_zone_descriptor);
+
 	c.zmr.opcode = nvme_cmd_zone_mgmt_recv;
 	c.zmr.nsid = cpu_to_le32(ns->head->ns_id);
 	c.zmr.numd = cpu_to_le32(nvme_bytes_to_numd(buflen));
@@ -207,7 +210,8 @@ int nvme_ns_report_zones(struct nvme_ns *ns, sector_t sector,
 			goto out_free;
 		}
 
-		nz = min((unsigned int)le64_to_cpu(report->nr_zones), nr_zones);
+		nz = min3((unsigned int)le64_to_cpu(report->nr_zones),
+			  nr_zones - zone_idx, max_in_buf);
 		if (!nz)
 			break;