diff --git a/fs/fuse/dev.c b/fs/fuse/dev.c
index 341196338e48..f5d2d2340b44 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dev.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dev.c
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ static int fuse_retrieve(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct inode *inode,
 	offset = outarg->offset & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 	file_size = i_size_read(inode);
 
-	num = outarg->size;
+	num = min(outarg->size, fc->max_write);
 	if (outarg->offset > file_size)
 		num = 0;
 	else if (outarg->offset + num > file_size)