diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c
index 36952ef98f904d2d17337560c502042b8242e8c0..763fc7e6c0058825761b3730917c1d44338f3a0f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_crb.c
@@ -287,19 +287,29 @@ static int crb_recv(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
 	struct crb_priv *priv = dev_get_drvdata(&chip->dev);
 	unsigned int expected;
 
-	/* sanity check */
-	if (count < 6)
+	/* A sanity check that the upper layer wants to get at least the header
+	 * as that is the minimum size for any TPM response.
+	 */
+	if (count < TPM_HEADER_SIZE)
 		return -EIO;
 
+	/* If this bit is set, according to the spec, the TPM is in
+	 * unrecoverable condition.
+	 */
 	if (ioread32(&priv->regs_t->ctrl_sts) & CRB_CTRL_STS_ERROR)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	memcpy_fromio(buf, priv->rsp, 6);
-	expected = be32_to_cpup((__be32 *) &buf[2]);
-	if (expected > count || expected < 6)
+	/* Read the first 8 bytes in order to get the length of the response.
+	 * We read exactly a quad word in order to make sure that the remaining
+	 * reads will be aligned.
+	 */
+	memcpy_fromio(buf, priv->rsp, 8);
+
+	expected = be32_to_cpup((__be32 *)&buf[2]);
+	if (expected > count || expected < TPM_HEADER_SIZE)
 		return -EIO;
 
-	memcpy_fromio(&buf[6], &priv->rsp[6], expected - 6);
+	memcpy_fromio(&buf[8], &priv->rsp[8], expected - 8);
 
 	return expected;
 }