diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c b/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c
index 4e01a95cc4d0..1a96bf5a0bf8 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master/mipi-i3c-hci/dma.c
@@ -294,7 +294,10 @@ static int hci_dma_init(struct i3c_hci *hci)
 
 		rh->ibi_chunk_sz = dma_get_cache_alignment();
 		rh->ibi_chunk_sz *= IBI_CHUNK_CACHELINES;
-		BUG_ON(rh->ibi_chunk_sz > 256);
+		if (rh->ibi_chunk_sz > 256) {
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto err_out;
+		}
 
 		ibi_status_ring_sz = rh->ibi_status_sz * rh->ibi_status_entries;
 		ibi_data_ring_sz = rh->ibi_chunk_sz * rh->ibi_chunks_total;