diff --git a/sound/usb/line6/midi.c b/sound/usb/line6/midi.c
index 10cc3208d069..b908be4d347b 100644
--- a/sound/usb/line6/midi.c
+++ b/sound/usb/line6/midi.c
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ static void line6_midi_transmit(struct snd_rawmidi_substream *substream)
 	int req, done;
 
 	for (;;) {
-		req = min(line6_midibuf_bytes_free(mb), line6->max_packet_size);
+		req = min3(line6_midibuf_bytes_free(mb), line6->max_packet_size,
+			   LINE6_FALLBACK_MAXPACKETSIZE);
 		done = snd_rawmidi_transmit_peek(substream, chunk, req);
 
 		if (done == 0)