diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
index a59d8f9219ed..595ce7b33c61 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
@@ -1820,6 +1820,7 @@ static int __scmi_iterator_run(void *iter, unsigned int *start, unsigned int *en
 	const struct scmi_protocol_handle *ph;
 	struct scmi_iterator_state *st;
 	struct scmi_iterator *i;
+	unsigned int n;
 
 	if (!iter)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1852,13 +1853,17 @@ static int __scmi_iterator_run(void *iter, unsigned int *start, unsigned int *en
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		for (st->loop_idx = 0; st->loop_idx < st->num_returned; st->loop_idx++) {
+		if (end)
+			n = min(st->num_returned, *end - st->desc_index + 1);
+		else
+			n = st->num_returned;
+		for (st->loop_idx = 0; st->loop_idx < n; st->loop_idx++) {
 			ret = iops->process_response(ph, i->resp, st, i->priv);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
 		}
 
-		st->desc_index += st->num_returned;
+		st->desc_index += n;
 		ph->xops->reset_rx_to_maxsz(ph, i->t);
 		/*
 		 * check for both returned and remaining to avoid infinite