diff --git a/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_transaction.c b/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_transaction.c
index 255dabc6fc3313..2a85e4209f0b74 100644
--- a/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_transaction.c
+++ b/sound/firewire/fireworks/fireworks_transaction.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ copy_resp_to_buf(struct snd_efw *efw, void *data, size_t length, int *rcode)
 	spin_lock_irq(&efw->lock);
 
 	t = (struct snd_efw_transaction *)data;
-	length = min_t(size_t, t->length * sizeof(t->length), length);
+	length = min_t(size_t, be32_to_cpu(t->length) * sizeof(u32), length);
 
 	if (efw->push_ptr < efw->pull_ptr)
 		capacity = (unsigned int)(efw->pull_ptr - efw->push_ptr);