diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
index b29c157..72f5d25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -840,7 +840,8 @@
 
 	/* bump the tail */
 	i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE, "AQTX: desc and buffer:\n");
-	i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc_on_ring, buff);
+	i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc_on_ring,
+		      buff, buff_size);
 	(hw->aq.asq.next_to_use)++;
 	if (hw->aq.asq.next_to_use == hw->aq.asq.count)
 		hw->aq.asq.next_to_use = 0;
@@ -891,7 +892,7 @@
 
 	i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE,
 		   "AQTX: desc and buffer writeback:\n");
-	i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, buff);
+	i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, buff, buff_size);
 
 	/* update the error if time out occurred */
 	if ((!cmd_completed) &&
@@ -987,7 +988,8 @@
 		       e->msg_size);
 
 	i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE, "AQRX: desc and buffer:\n");
-	i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, e->msg_buf);
+	i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, e->msg_buf,
+		      hw->aq.arq_buf_size);
 
 	/* Restore the original datalen and buffer address in the desc,
 	 * FW updates datalen to indicate the event message
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
index df43e7c..01874c0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
@@ -75,13 +75,15 @@
  * @mask: debug mask
  * @desc: pointer to admin queue descriptor
  * @buffer: pointer to command buffer
+ * @buf_len: max length of buffer
  *
  * Dumps debug log about adminq command with descriptor contents.
  **/
 void i40e_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask, void *desc,
-		   void *buffer)
+		   void *buffer, u16 buf_len)
 {
 	struct i40e_aq_desc *aq_desc = (struct i40e_aq_desc *)desc;
+	u16 len = le16_to_cpu(aq_desc->datalen);
 	u8 *aq_buffer = (u8 *)buffer;
 	u32 data[4];
 	u32 i = 0;
@@ -105,7 +107,9 @@
 	if ((buffer != NULL) && (aq_desc->datalen != 0)) {
 		memset(data, 0, sizeof(data));
 		i40e_debug(hw, mask, "AQ CMD Buffer:\n");
-		for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(aq_desc->datalen); i++) {
+		if (buf_len < len)
+			len = buf_len;
+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 			data[((i % 16) / 4)] |=
 				((u32)aq_buffer[i]) << (8 * (i % 4));
 			if ((i % 16) == 15) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_prototype.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_prototype.h
index 949a9a0..0988b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_prototype.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_prototype.h
@@ -52,10 +52,8 @@
 				struct i40e_asq_cmd_details *cmd_details);
 
 /* debug function for adminq */
-void i40e_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw,
-		   enum i40e_debug_mask mask,
-		   void *desc,
-		   void *buffer);
+void i40e_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask,
+		   void *desc, void *buffer, u16 buf_len);
 
 void i40e_idle_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw);
 bool i40e_check_asq_alive(struct i40e_hw *hw);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
index 0030060..f206be9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -788,7 +788,8 @@
 
 	/* bump the tail */
 	i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE, "AQTX: desc and buffer:\n");
-	i40evf_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc_on_ring, buff);
+	i40evf_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc_on_ring,
+			buff, buff_size);
 	(hw->aq.asq.next_to_use)++;
 	if (hw->aq.asq.next_to_use == hw->aq.asq.count)
 		hw->aq.asq.next_to_use = 0;
@@ -842,7 +843,8 @@
 
 	i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE,
 		   "AQTX: desc and buffer writeback:\n");
-	i40evf_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, buff);
+	i40evf_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, buff,
+			buff_size);
 
 	/* update the error if time out occurred */
 	if ((!cmd_completed) &&
@@ -938,7 +940,8 @@
 		hw->aq.nvm_busy = false;
 
 	i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE, "AQRX: desc and buffer:\n");
-	i40evf_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, e->msg_buf);
+	i40evf_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, e->msg_buf,
+			hw->aq.arq_buf_size);
 
 	/* Restore the original datalen and buffer address in the desc,
 	 * FW updates datalen to indicate the event message
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
index 4ea90bf..9525605 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
@@ -75,13 +75,15 @@
  * @mask: debug mask
  * @desc: pointer to admin queue descriptor
  * @buffer: pointer to command buffer
+ * @buf_len: max length of buffer
  *
  * Dumps debug log about adminq command with descriptor contents.
  **/
 void i40evf_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask, void *desc,
-		   void *buffer)
+		   void *buffer, u16 buf_len)
 {
 	struct i40e_aq_desc *aq_desc = (struct i40e_aq_desc *)desc;
+	u16 len = le16_to_cpu(aq_desc->datalen);
 	u8 *aq_buffer = (u8 *)buffer;
 	u32 data[4];
 	u32 i = 0;
@@ -105,7 +107,9 @@
 	if ((buffer != NULL) && (aq_desc->datalen != 0)) {
 		memset(data, 0, sizeof(data));
 		i40e_debug(hw, mask, "AQ CMD Buffer:\n");
-		for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(aq_desc->datalen); i++) {
+		if (buf_len < len)
+			len = buf_len;
+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 			data[((i % 16) / 4)] |=
 				((u32)aq_buffer[i]) << (8 * (i % 4));
 			if ((i % 16) == 15) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_prototype.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_prototype.h
index 849edcc..9173834 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_prototype.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_prototype.h
@@ -53,10 +53,8 @@
 bool i40evf_asq_done(struct i40e_hw *hw);
 
 /* debug function for adminq */
-void i40evf_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw,
-		   enum i40e_debug_mask mask,
-		   void *desc,
-		   void *buffer);
+void i40evf_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask,
+		     void *desc, void *buffer, u16 buf_len);
 
 void i40e_idle_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw);
 void i40evf_resume_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw);