diff --git a/sbin/dump/traverse.c b/sbin/dump/traverse.c
index d3415b70b4e0..211cfa6370b9 100644
--- a/sbin/dump/traverse.c
+++ b/sbin/dump/traverse.c
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ bread(ufs2_daddr_t blkno, char *buf, int size)
 			cnt = cread(diskfd, tmpbuf, secsize, offset - base);
 			if (cnt != secsize)
 				goto bad;
-			xfer = secsize - base;
+			xfer = MIN(secsize - base, size);
 			offset += xfer;
 			bytes -= xfer;
 			resid = bytes % secsize;