diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index bdb37d572e97..8ede6be556a9 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ static bool iov_iter_aligned_bvec(const struct iov_iter *i, unsigned addr_mask,
 	size_t size = i->count;
 
 	do {
-		size_t len = bvec->bv_len;
+		size_t len = bvec->bv_len - skip;
 
 		if (len > size)
 			len = size;