diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/hab/hab.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/hab/hab.c
index 48d61870f776..ef249bcba68c 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/hab/hab.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/hab/hab.c
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ static long hab_ioctl(struct file *filep, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		break;
 	case IOCTL_HAB_SEND:
 		send_param = (struct hab_send *)data;
-		if (send_param->sizebytes > HAB_MAX_MSG_SIZEBYTES) {
+		if (send_param->sizebytes > HAB_HEADER_SIZE_MASK) {
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/hab_ioctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/hab_ioctl.h
index 83b5da236888..70e16433044e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/hab_ioctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/hab_ioctl.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ struct hab_info {
 };
 
 #define HAB_IOC_TYPE 0x0A
-#define HAB_MAX_MSG_SIZEBYTES 0x1000
 
 #define IOCTL_HAB_SEND \
 	_IOW(HAB_IOC_TYPE, 0x2, struct hab_send)