diff --git a/hw/audio/virtio-snd.c b/hw/audio/virtio-snd.c
index 5993f4f040..e6432ac959 100644
--- a/hw/audio/virtio-snd.c
+++ b/hw/audio/virtio-snd.c
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ static void virtio_snd_pcm_in_cb(void *data, int available)
 {
     VirtIOSoundPCMStream *stream = data;
     VirtIOSoundPCMBuffer *buffer;
-    size_t size;
+    size_t size, max_size;
 
     WITH_QEMU_LOCK_GUARD(&stream->queue_mutex) {
         while (!QSIMPLEQ_EMPTY(&stream->queue)) {
@@ -1275,7 +1275,12 @@ static void virtio_snd_pcm_in_cb(void *data, int available)
                 continue;
             }
 
+            max_size = iov_size(buffer->elem->in_sg, buffer->elem->in_num);
             for (;;) {
+                if (buffer->size >= max_size) {
+                    return_rx_buffer(stream, buffer);
+                    break;
+                }
                 size = AUD_read(stream->voice.in,
                         buffer->data + buffer->size,
                         MIN(available, (stream->params.period_bytes -