diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c b/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
index 9737104f3b76..5cdf339cfbec 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c
@@ -17,9 +17,23 @@
 
 #define NVRAM_MAGIC			"FLSH"
 
+/**
+ * struct brcm_nvram - driver state internal struct
+ *
+ * @dev:		NVMEM device pointer
+ * @nvmem_size:		Size of the whole space available for NVRAM
+ * @data:		NVRAM data copy stored to avoid poking underlaying flash controller
+ * @data_len:		NVRAM data size
+ * @padding_byte:	Padding value used to fill remaining space
+ * @cells:		Array of discovered NVMEM cells
+ * @ncells:		Number of elements in cells
+ */
 struct brcm_nvram {
 	struct device *dev;
-	void __iomem *base;
+	size_t nvmem_size;
+	uint8_t *data;
+	size_t data_len;
+	uint8_t padding_byte;
 	struct nvmem_cell_info *cells;
 	int ncells;
 };
@@ -36,10 +50,47 @@ static int brcm_nvram_read(void *context, unsigned int offset, void *val,
 			   size_t bytes)
 {
 	struct brcm_nvram *priv = context;
-	u8 *dst = val;
+	size_t to_copy;
+
+	if (offset + bytes > priv->data_len)
+		to_copy = max_t(ssize_t, (ssize_t)priv->data_len - offset, 0);
+	else
+		to_copy = bytes;
+
+	memcpy(val, priv->data + offset, to_copy);
+
+	memset((uint8_t *)val + to_copy, priv->padding_byte, bytes - to_copy);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int brcm_nvram_copy_data(struct brcm_nvram *priv, struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct resource *res;
+	void __iomem *base;
+
+	base = devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0, &res);
+	if (IS_ERR(base))
+		return PTR_ERR(base);
+
+	priv->nvmem_size = resource_size(res);
+
+	priv->padding_byte = readb(base + priv->nvmem_size - 1);
+	for (priv->data_len = priv->nvmem_size;
+	     priv->data_len;
+	     priv->data_len--) {
+		if (readb(base + priv->data_len - 1) != priv->padding_byte)
+			break;
+	}
+	WARN(priv->data_len > SZ_128K, "Unexpected (big) NVRAM size: %zu B\n", priv->data_len);
+
+	priv->data = devm_kzalloc(priv->dev, priv->data_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv->data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memcpy_fromio(priv->data, base, priv->data_len);
 
-	while (bytes--)
-		*dst++ = readb(priv->base + offset++);
+	bcm47xx_nvram_init_from_iomem(base, priv->data_len);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -67,8 +118,13 @@ static int brcm_nvram_add_cells(struct brcm_nvram *priv, uint8_t *data,
 				size_t len)
 {
 	struct device *dev = priv->dev;
-	char *var, *value, *eq;
+	char *var, *value;
+	uint8_t tmp;
 	int idx;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	tmp = priv->data[len - 1];
+	priv->data[len - 1] = '\0';
 
 	priv->ncells = 0;
 	for (var = data + sizeof(struct brcm_nvram_header);
@@ -78,67 +134,68 @@ static int brcm_nvram_add_cells(struct brcm_nvram *priv, uint8_t *data,
 	}
 
 	priv->cells = devm_kcalloc(dev, priv->ncells, sizeof(*priv->cells), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!priv->cells)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!priv->cells) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	for (var = data + sizeof(struct brcm_nvram_header), idx = 0;
 	     var < (char *)data + len && *var;
 	     var = value + strlen(value) + 1, idx++) {
+		char *eq, *name;
+
 		eq = strchr(var, '=');
 		if (!eq)
 			break;
 		*eq = '\0';
+		name = devm_kstrdup(dev, var, GFP_KERNEL);
+		*eq = '=';
+		if (!name) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		value = eq + 1;
 
-		priv->cells[idx].name = devm_kstrdup(dev, var, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!priv->cells[idx].name)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		priv->cells[idx].name = name;
 		priv->cells[idx].offset = value - (char *)data;
 		priv->cells[idx].bytes = strlen(value);
 		priv->cells[idx].np = of_get_child_by_name(dev->of_node, priv->cells[idx].name);
-		if (!strcmp(var, "et0macaddr") ||
-		    !strcmp(var, "et1macaddr") ||
-		    !strcmp(var, "et2macaddr")) {
+		if (!strcmp(name, "et0macaddr") ||
+		    !strcmp(name, "et1macaddr") ||
+		    !strcmp(name, "et2macaddr")) {
 			priv->cells[idx].raw_len = strlen(value);
 			priv->cells[idx].bytes = ETH_ALEN;
 			priv->cells[idx].read_post_process = brcm_nvram_read_post_process_macaddr;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+out:
+	priv->data[len - 1] = tmp;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int brcm_nvram_parse(struct brcm_nvram *priv)
 {
+	struct brcm_nvram_header *header = (struct brcm_nvram_header *)priv->data;
 	struct device *dev = priv->dev;
-	struct brcm_nvram_header header;
-	uint8_t *data;
 	size_t len;
 	int err;
 
-	memcpy_fromio(&header, priv->base, sizeof(header));
-
-	if (memcmp(header.magic, NVRAM_MAGIC, 4)) {
+	if (memcmp(header->magic, NVRAM_MAGIC, 4)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Invalid NVRAM magic\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	len = le32_to_cpu(header.len);
-
-	data = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	memcpy_fromio(data, priv->base, len);
-	data[len - 1] = '\0';
-
-	err = brcm_nvram_add_cells(priv, data, len);
-	if (err) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Failed to add cells: %d\n", err);
-		return err;
+	len = le32_to_cpu(header->len);
+	if (len > priv->nvmem_size) {
+		dev_err(dev, "NVRAM length (%zd) exceeds mapped size (%zd)\n", len,
+			priv->nvmem_size);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	kfree(data);
+	err = brcm_nvram_add_cells(priv, priv->data, len);
+	if (err)
+		dev_err(dev, "Failed to add cells: %d\n", err);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -150,7 +207,6 @@ static int brcm_nvram_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		.reg_read = brcm_nvram_read,
 	};
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
-	struct resource *res;
 	struct brcm_nvram *priv;
 	int err;
 
@@ -159,21 +215,19 @@ static int brcm_nvram_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	priv->dev = dev;
 
-	priv->base = devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0, &res);
-	if (IS_ERR(priv->base))
-		return PTR_ERR(priv->base);
+	err = brcm_nvram_copy_data(priv, pdev);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	err = brcm_nvram_parse(priv);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	bcm47xx_nvram_init_from_iomem(priv->base, resource_size(res));
-
 	config.dev = dev;
 	config.cells = priv->cells;
 	config.ncells = priv->ncells;
 	config.priv = priv;
-	config.size = resource_size(res);
+	config.size = priv->nvmem_size;
 
 	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(devm_nvmem_register(dev, &config));
 }
