diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_stm_st33.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_stm_st33.c
index a0d6ceb5d005..cf6840385483 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_stm_st33.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_stm_st33.c
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ static int recv_data(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
 			     &chip->vendor.read_queue)
 	       == 0) {
 		burstcnt = get_burstcount(chip);
+		if (burstcnt < 0)
+			return burstcnt;
 		len = min_t(int, burstcnt, count - size);
 		I2C_READ_DATA(client, TPM_DATA_FIFO, buf + size, len);
 		size += len;
@@ -451,7 +453,8 @@ static irqreturn_t tpm_ioserirq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 static int tpm_stm_i2c_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, unsigned char *buf,
 			    size_t len)
 {
-	u32 status, burstcnt = 0, i, size;
+	u32 status, i, size;
+	int burstcnt = 0;
 	int ret;
 	u8 data;
 	struct i2c_client *client;
@@ -482,6 +485,8 @@ static int tpm_stm_i2c_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, unsigned char *buf,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < len - 1;) {
 		burstcnt = get_burstcount(chip);
+		if (burstcnt < 0)
+			return burstcnt;
 		size = min_t(int, len - i - 1, burstcnt);
 		ret = I2C_WRITE_DATA(client, TPM_DATA_FIFO, buf, size);
 		if (ret < 0)