diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2_cfp.c b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2_cfp.c
index 50d3a818eb1b..84a086c3e99b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2_cfp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2_cfp.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,8 @@ static int bcm_sf2_cfp_rule_get_all(struct bcm_sf2_priv *priv,
 	unsigned int index = 1, rules_cnt = 0;
 
 	for_each_set_bit_from(index, priv->cfp.unique, priv->num_cfp_rules) {
+		if (rules_cnt == nfc->rule_cnt)
+			return -EMSGSIZE;
 		rule_locs[rules_cnt] = index;
 		rules_cnt++;
 	}