diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index b7fe91ef35b8..6ea40d2e6247 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -1366,6 +1366,7 @@ static ssize_t extract_xarray_to_sg(struct iov_iter *iter,
 		sg_max--;
 
 		maxsize -= len;
+		start += len;
 		ret += len;
 		if (maxsize <= 0 || sg_max == 0)
 			break;