diff --git a/plugins/ocp/ocp-hardware-component-log.c b/plugins/ocp/ocp-hardware-component-log.c
index 2fb5fe256..92fa42f7f 100644
--- a/plugins/ocp/ocp-hardware-component-log.c
+++ b/plugins/ocp/ocp-hardware-component-log.c
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ static int get_hwcomp_log_data(struct nvme_dev *dev, struct hwcomp_log *log)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	size_t desc_offset = offsetof(struct hwcomp_log, desc);
+	long double log_bytes;
+	nvme_uint128_t log_size;
+
 	struct nvme_get_log_args args = {
 		.args_size = sizeof(args),
 		.fd = dev_fd(dev),
@@ -193,16 +196,27 @@ static int get_hwcomp_log_data(struct nvme_dev *dev, struct hwcomp_log *log)
 	}
 #endif /* HWCOMP_DUMMY */
 
+	log_size = le128_to_cpu(log->size);
+
 	print_info("id: %02Xh\n", OCP_LID_HWCOMP);
 	print_info("version: %04Xh\n", log->ver);
 	print_info_array("guid", log->guid, ARRAY_SIZE(log->guid));
-	print_info("size: %s\n", uint128_t_to_string(le128_to_cpu(log->size)));
+	print_info("size: %s\n", uint128_t_to_string(log_size));
+
+	log_bytes = uint128_t_to_double(log_size);
+	if (log->ver == 1)
+		log_bytes *= sizeof(__le32);
+
+	args.len = 0;
+	if (log_bytes > desc_offset)
+		args.len = log_bytes - desc_offset;
+
+	if (!args.len) {
+		print_info_error("error: ocp: invalid hwcomp log size bytes: %.0Lf\n", log_bytes);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
-	if (log->ver > 1)
-		args.len = uint128_t_to_double(le128_to_cpu(log->size)) - desc_offset;
-	else
-		args.len = uint128_t_to_double(le128_to_cpu(log->size)) * sizeof(__le32)
-			- desc_offset;
+	print_info("args.len: %u\n", args.len);
 
 	log->desc = calloc(1, args.len);
 	if (!log->desc) {