diff --git a/include/linux/uio.h b/include/linux/uio.h
index 5896af36199c..2e3134b14ffd 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ iov_iter_npages_cap(struct iov_iter *i, int maxpages, size_t max_bytes)
 		shorted = iov_iter_count(i) - max_bytes;
 		iov_iter_truncate(i, max_bytes);
 	}
-	npages = iov_iter_npages(i, INT_MAX);
+	npages = iov_iter_npages(i, maxpages);
 	if (shorted)
 		iov_iter_reexpand(i, iov_iter_count(i) + shorted);