diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 2b32fd602669..273bc3a35425 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ int qword_get(char **bpp, char *dest, int bufsize)
 	if (bp[0] == '\\' && bp[1] == 'x') {
 		/* HEX STRING */
 		bp += 2;
-		while (len < bufsize) {
+		while (len < bufsize - 1) {
 			int h, l;
 
 			h = hex_to_bin(bp[0]);