diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/fxls8962af-core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/fxls8962af-core.c
index 8763e91c63d2..1ecffbf41f64 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/fxls8962af-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/fxls8962af-core.c
@@ -970,6 +970,8 @@ static int fxls8962af_fifo_flush(struct iio_dev *indio_dev)
 	if (!count)
 		return 0;
 
+	count = min(count, FXLS8962AF_FIFO_LENGTH);
+
 	data->old_timestamp = data->timestamp;
 	data->timestamp = iio_get_time_ns(indio_dev);