diff --git a/drivers/bus/mhi/devices/mhi_satellite.c b/drivers/bus/mhi/devices/mhi_satellite.c
index 24621475a26867ea68a6e04c369740a050bbae94..2f226093157faa99d570ed96dc27f001a05a9521 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/mhi/devices/mhi_satellite.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/mhi/devices/mhi_satellite.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static struct mhi_sat_device *find_sat_dev_by_id(
 static bool mhi_sat_isvalid_header(struct sat_header *hdr, int len)
 {
 	/* validate payload size */
-	if (len >= sizeof(*hdr) && (len != hdr->payload_size + sizeof(*hdr)))
+	if (len < sizeof(*hdr) || len != hdr->payload_size + sizeof(*hdr))
 		return false;
 
 	/* validate SAT IPC version */