diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_venus.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_venus.c
index 306082e25943..0b6cf86004fd 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_venus.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_venus.c
@@ -970,18 +970,26 @@ static void venus_sfr_print(struct venus_hfi_device *hdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = hdev->core->dev;
 	struct hfi_sfr *sfr = hdev->sfr.kva;
+	u32 size;
 	void *p;
 
 	if (!sfr)
 		return;
 
-	p = memchr(sfr->data, '\0', sfr->buf_size);
+	size = sfr->buf_size;
+	if (!size)
+		return;
+
+	if (size > ALIGNED_SFR_SIZE)
+		size = ALIGNED_SFR_SIZE;
+
+	p = memchr(sfr->data, '\0', size);
 	/*
 	 * SFR isn't guaranteed to be NULL terminated since SYS_ERROR indicates
 	 * that Venus is in the process of crashing.
 	 */
 	if (!p)
-		sfr->data[sfr->buf_size - 1] = '\0';
+		sfr->data[size - 1] = '\0';
 
 	dev_err_ratelimited(dev, "SFR message from FW: %s\n", sfr->data);
 }