diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
index e43842c7a31a9..eb72dba71d832 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
@@ -346,10 +346,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_mem_get_name);
 int spi_mem_adjust_op_size(struct spi_mem *mem, struct spi_mem_op *op)
 {
 	struct spi_controller *ctlr = mem->spi->controller;
+	size_t len;
+
+	len = sizeof(op->cmd.opcode) + op->addr.nbytes + op->dummy.nbytes;
 
 	if (ctlr->mem_ops && ctlr->mem_ops->adjust_op_size)
 		return ctlr->mem_ops->adjust_op_size(mem, op);
 
+	if (!ctlr->mem_ops || !ctlr->mem_ops->exec_op) {
+		if (len > spi_max_transfer_size(mem->spi))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		op->data.nbytes = min3((size_t)op->data.nbytes,
+				       spi_max_transfer_size(mem->spi),
+				       spi_max_message_size(mem->spi) -
+				       len);
+		if (!op->data.nbytes)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(spi_mem_adjust_op_size);