diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_probe_tmpl.h b/kernel/trace/trace_probe_tmpl.h
index 5c56afc17cf8..4737bb8c07a3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_probe_tmpl.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_probe_tmpl.h
@@ -180,10 +180,12 @@ store_trace_args(void *data, struct trace_probe *tp, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		if (unlikely(arg->dynamic))
 			*dl = make_data_loc(maxlen, dyndata - base);
 		ret = process_fetch_insn(arg->code, regs, dl, base);
-		if (unlikely(ret < 0 && arg->dynamic))
+		if (unlikely(ret < 0 && arg->dynamic)) {
 			*dl = make_data_loc(0, dyndata - base);
-		else
+		} else {
 			dyndata += ret;
+			maxlen -= ret;
+		}
 	}
 }