diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml
index 8d7eb6bf6312..34cada2ca710 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ describing an IR signal are read from the chardev.</para>
 values. Pulses and spaces are only marked implicitly by their position. The
 data must start and end with a pulse, therefore, the data must always include
 an uneven number of samples. The write function must block until the data has
-been transmitted by the hardware.</para>
+been transmitted by the hardware. If more data is provided than the hardware
+can send, the driver returns EINVAL.</para>
+
 </section>
 
 <section id="lirc_ioctl">
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/iguanair.c b/drivers/media/rc/iguanair.c
index a4ab2e6b3f82..19632b1c2190 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/iguanair.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/iguanair.c
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ static int iguanair_tx(struct rc_dev *dev, unsigned *txbuf, unsigned count)
 		periods = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(txbuf[i] * ir->carrier, 1000000);
 		bytes = DIV_ROUND_UP(periods, 127);
 		if (size + bytes > ir->bufsize) {
-			count = i;
-			break;
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		while (periods > 127) {
 			ir->packet->payload[size++] = 127 | space;
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c b/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c
index 37494433dc9f..0042367b060c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/redrat3.c
@@ -762,7 +762,8 @@ static int redrat3_transmit_ir(struct rc_dev *rcdev, unsigned *txbuf,
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	}
 
-	count = min_t(unsigned, count, RR3_MAX_SIG_SIZE - RR3_TX_TRAILER_LEN);
+	if (count > RR3_MAX_SIG_SIZE - RR3_TX_TRAILER_LEN)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* rr3 will disable rc detector on transmit */
 	rr3->transmitting = true;
@@ -801,8 +802,8 @@ static int redrat3_transmit_ir(struct rc_dev *rcdev, unsigned *txbuf,
 						&irdata->lens[curlencheck]);
 				curlencheck++;
 			} else {
-				count = i - 1;
-				break;
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+				goto out;
 			}
 		}
 		irdata->sigdata[i] = lencheck;