diff --git a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
index 2220168bf116..fac75c202453 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static void wacom_wac_queue_insert(struct hid_device *hdev,
 {
 	bool warned = false;
 
-	while (kfifo_avail(fifo) < size) {
+	while (kfifo_avail(fifo) < size && !kfifo_is_empty(fifo)) {
 		if (!warned)
 			hid_warn(hdev, "%s: kfifo has filled, starting to drop events\n", __func__);
 		warned = true;
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ static void wacom_wac_queue_insert(struct hid_device *hdev,
 		kfifo_skip(fifo);
 	}
 
-	kfifo_in(fifo, raw_data, size);
+	if (!kfifo_in(fifo, raw_data, size))
+		hid_warn_ratelimited(hdev, "%s: report is too large (%d)\n",
+				     __func__, size);
 }
 
 static void wacom_wac_queue_flush(struct hid_device *hdev,