diff --git a/drivers/media/cec/platform/cros-ec/cros-ec-cec.c b/drivers/media/cec/platform/cros-ec/cros-ec-cec.c
index 3b583ed4da9d..e5ebaa58be45 100644
--- a/drivers/media/cec/platform/cros-ec/cros-ec-cec.c
+++ b/drivers/media/cec/platform/cros-ec/cros-ec-cec.c
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ static void handle_cec_message(struct cros_ec_cec *cros_ec_cec)
 	uint8_t *cec_message = cros_ec->event_data.data.cec_message;
 	unsigned int len = cros_ec->event_size;
 
+	if (len > CEC_MAX_MSG_SIZE)
+		len = CEC_MAX_MSG_SIZE;
 	cros_ec_cec->rx_msg.len = len;
 	memcpy(cros_ec_cec->rx_msg.msg, cec_message, len);