diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
index 8d516a9bfc01..9fb3a792642b 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c
@@ -2423,13 +2423,15 @@ static int _regmap_bus_read(void *context, unsigned int reg,
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct regmap *map = context;
+	void *work_val = map->work_buf + map->format.reg_bytes +
+		map->format.pad_bytes;
 
 	if (!map->format.parse_val)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = _regmap_raw_read(map, reg, map->work_buf, map->format.val_bytes);
+	ret = _regmap_raw_read(map, reg, work_val, map->format.val_bytes);
 	if (ret == 0)
-		*val = map->format.parse_val(map->work_buf);
+		*val = map->format.parse_val(work_val);
 
 	return ret;
 }