diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ruc.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ruc.c
index 837118676cc7..1b0e62b761bb 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ruc.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ruc.c
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ static void ipath_ruc_loopback(struct ipath_qp *sqp)
 
 		if (len > sge->length)
 			len = sge->length;
+		if (len > sge->sge_length)
+			len = sge->sge_length;
 		BUG_ON(len == 0);
 		ipath_copy_sge(&qp->r_sge, sge->vaddr, len);
 		sge->vaddr += len;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ud.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ud.c
index a518f7c8fa83..0b5a6ac1bb83 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ud.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_ud.c
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ static void ipath_ud_loopback(struct ipath_qp *sqp,
 
 		if (len > length)
 			len = length;
+		if (len > sge->sge_length)
+			len = sge->sge_length;
 		BUG_ON(len == 0);
 		ipath_copy_sge(&rsge, sge->vaddr, len);
 		sge->vaddr += len;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
index cd79a8ca5104..35241b76d766 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_verbs.c
@@ -164,9 +164,11 @@ void ipath_copy_sge(struct ipath_sge_state *ss, void *data, u32 length)
 	while (length) {
 		u32 len = sge->length;
 
-		BUG_ON(len == 0);
 		if (len > length)
 			len = length;
+		if (len > sge->sge_length)
+			len = sge->sge_length;
+		BUG_ON(len == 0);
 		memcpy(sge->vaddr, data, len);
 		sge->vaddr += len;
 		sge->length -= len;
@@ -202,9 +204,11 @@ void ipath_skip_sge(struct ipath_sge_state *ss, u32 length)
 	while (length) {
 		u32 len = sge->length;
 
-		BUG_ON(len == 0);
 		if (len > length)
 			len = length;
+		if (len > sge->sge_length)
+			len = sge->sge_length;
+		BUG_ON(len == 0);
 		sge->vaddr += len;
 		sge->length -= len;
 		sge->sge_length -= len;