diff --git a/lib/seq_buf.c b/lib/seq_buf.c
index 707453f5d58e..62c20596ef42 100644
--- a/lib/seq_buf.c
+++ b/lib/seq_buf.c
@@ -229,8 +229,10 @@ int seq_buf_putmem_hex(struct seq_buf *s, const void *mem,
 
 	WARN_ON(s->size == 0);
 
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(MAX_MEMHEX_BYTES * 2 >= HEX_CHARS);
+
 	while (len) {
-		start_len = min(len, HEX_CHARS - 1);
+		start_len = min(len, MAX_MEMHEX_BYTES);
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
 		for (i = 0, j = 0; i < start_len; i++) {
 #else