diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_adminq.c b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
index 80da710..e098ed6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -867,7 +867,8 @@ enum i40e_status_code i40e_asq_send_command(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 
 	/* bump the tail */
 	i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE, "AQTX: desc and buffer:\n");
-	i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc_on_ring, buff);
+	i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc_on_ring,
+		      buff, buff_size);
 	(hw->aq.asq.next_to_use)++;
 	if (hw->aq.asq.next_to_use == hw->aq.asq.count)
 		hw->aq.asq.next_to_use = 0;
@@ -917,11 +918,9 @@ enum i40e_status_code i40e_asq_send_command(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 		hw->aq.asq_last_status = (enum i40e_admin_queue_err)retval;
 	}
 
-	if (LE16_TO_CPU(desc->datalen) == buff_size) {
-		i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE,
-			   "AQTX: desc and buffer writeback:\n");
-		i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, buff);
-	}
+	i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE,
+		   "AQTX: desc and buffer writeback:\n");
+	i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, buff, buff_size);
 
 	/* update the error if time out occurred */
 	if ((!cmd_completed) &&
@@ -1000,6 +999,7 @@ enum i40e_status_code i40e_clean_arq_element(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 	/* now clean the next descriptor */
 	desc = I40E_ADMINQ_DESC(hw->aq.arq, ntc);
 	desc_idx = ntc;
+
 	flags = LE16_TO_CPU(desc->flags);
 	if (flags & I40E_AQ_FLAG_ERR) {
 		ret_code = I40E_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_ERROR;
@@ -1009,19 +1009,20 @@ enum i40e_status_code i40e_clean_arq_element(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 			   I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE,
 			   "AQRX: Event received with error 0x%X.\n",
 			   hw->aq.arq_last_status);
-	} else {
-		i40e_memcpy(&e->desc, desc, sizeof(struct i40e_aq_desc),
-			    I40E_DMA_TO_NONDMA);
-		datalen = LE16_TO_CPU(desc->datalen);
-		e->msg_size = min(datalen, e->msg_size);
-		if (e->msg_buf != NULL && (e->msg_size != 0))
-			i40e_memcpy(e->msg_buf,
-				    hw->aq.arq.r.arq_bi[desc_idx].va,
-				    e->msg_size, I40E_DMA_TO_NONDMA);
 	}
 
+	i40e_memcpy(&e->desc, desc, sizeof(struct i40e_aq_desc),
+		    I40E_DMA_TO_NONDMA);
+	datalen = LE16_TO_CPU(desc->datalen);
+	e->msg_len = min(datalen, e->buf_len);
+	if (e->msg_buf != NULL && (e->msg_len != 0))
+		i40e_memcpy(e->msg_buf,
+			    hw->aq.arq.r.arq_bi[desc_idx].va,
+			    e->msg_len, I40E_DMA_TO_NONDMA);
+
 	i40e_debug(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_MESSAGE, "AQRX: desc and buffer:\n");
-	i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, e->msg_buf);
+	i40e_debug_aq(hw, I40E_DEBUG_AQ_COMMAND, (void *)desc, e->msg_buf,
+		      hw->aq.arq_buf_size);
 
 	/* Restore the original datalen and buffer address in the desc,
 	 * FW updates datalen to indicate the event message
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_adminq.h b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_adminq.h
index 27f2843..ea611bd 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_adminq.h
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_adminq.h
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ struct i40e_asq_cmd_details {
 /* ARQ event information */
 struct i40e_arq_event_info {
 	struct i40e_aq_desc desc;
-	u16 msg_size;
+	u16 msg_len;
+	u16 buf_len;
 	u8 *msg_buf;
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_common.c b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_common.c
index ffd68a5..ffaa777 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_common.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_common.c
@@ -89,13 +89,15 @@ STATIC enum i40e_status_code i40e_set_mac_type(struct i40e_hw *hw)
  * @mask: debug mask
  * @desc: pointer to admin queue descriptor
  * @buffer: pointer to command buffer
+ * @buf_len: max length of buffer
  *
  * Dumps debug log about adminq command with descriptor contents.
  **/
 void i40e_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask, void *desc,
-		   void *buffer)
+		   void *buffer, u16 buf_len)
 {
 	struct i40e_aq_desc *aq_desc = (struct i40e_aq_desc *)desc;
+	u16 len = LE16_TO_CPU(aq_desc->datalen);
 	u8 *aq_buffer = (u8 *)buffer;
 	u32 data[4];
 	u32 i = 0;
@@ -119,7 +121,9 @@ void i40e_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask, void *desc,
 	if ((buffer != NULL) && (aq_desc->datalen != 0)) {
 		i40e_memset(data, 0, sizeof(data), I40E_NONDMA_MEM);
 		i40e_debug(hw, mask, "AQ CMD Buffer:\n");
-		for (i = 0; i < LE16_TO_CPU(aq_desc->datalen); i++) {
+		if (buf_len < len)
+			len = buf_len;
+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 			data[((i % 16) / 4)] |=
 				((u32)aq_buffer[i]) << (8 * (i % 4));
 			if ((i % 16) == 15) {
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_prototype.h b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_prototype.h
index f819f9a..f3215cf 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_prototype.h
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e/i40e_prototype.h
@@ -69,10 +69,8 @@ enum i40e_status_code i40e_asq_send_command(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 bool i40e_asq_done(struct i40e_hw *hw);
 
 /* debug function for adminq */
-void i40e_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw,
-		   enum i40e_debug_mask mask,
-		   void *desc,
-		   void *buffer);
+void i40e_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask,
+		   void *desc, void *buffer, u16 buf_len);
 
 void i40e_idle_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw);
 void i40e_resume_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw);
