diff --git a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
index ad78bf631900..b0deaf4af5a3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static inline struct Scsi_Host *virtio_scsi_host(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 static void virtscsi_compute_resid(struct scsi_cmnd *sc, u32 resid)
 {
 	if (resid)
-		scsi_set_resid(sc, resid);
+		scsi_set_resid(sc, min(resid, scsi_bufflen(sc)));
 }
 
 /*