diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index a452cd0..5ef8eb3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -393,19 +393,16 @@ ssize_t tpm_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_space *space,
 	unsigned long stop;
 	bool need_locality;
 
-	if (!tpm_validate_command(chip, space, buf, bufsiz))
+	if (!tpm_validate_command(chip, space, buf, bufvalid))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (bufsiz > TPM_BUFSIZE)
-		bufsiz = TPM_BUFSIZE;
-
 	count = be32_to_cpu(*((__be32 *) (buf + 2)));
 	ordinal = be32_to_cpu(*((__be32 *) (buf + 6)));
 	if (count == 0)
 		return -ENODATA;
-	if (count > bufsiz || count > bufvalid) {
+	if (count > bufvalid) {
 		dev_err(&chip->dev,
-			"invalid count value %x %zx\n", count, bufsiz);
+			"invalid count value %x %zx\n", count, bufvalid);
 		return -E2BIG;
 	}