loff_t offset, u8 *buffer, size_t length)
 {
        u8 inbuf[MC_CMD_NVRAM_READ_IN_LEN];
-       u8 outbuf[MC_CMD_NVRAM_READ_OUT_LEN(length)];
+       u8 outbuf[MC_CMD_NVRAM_READ_OUT_LEN(EFX_MCDI_NVRAM_LEN_MAX)];
        size_t outlen;
        int rc;
 
 int efx_mcdi_nvram_write(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int type,
                           loff_t offset, const u8 *buffer, size_t length)
 {
-       u8 inbuf[MC_CMD_NVRAM_WRITE_IN_LEN(length)];
+       u8 inbuf[MC_CMD_NVRAM_WRITE_IN_LEN(EFX_MCDI_NVRAM_LEN_MAX)];
        int rc;
 
        MCDI_SET_DWORD(inbuf, NVRAM_WRITE_IN_TYPE, type);
 
        BUILD_BUG_ON(MC_CMD_NVRAM_WRITE_OUT_LEN != 0);
 
-       rc = efx_mcdi_rpc(efx, MC_CMD_NVRAM_WRITE, inbuf, sizeof(inbuf),
+       rc = efx_mcdi_rpc(efx, MC_CMD_NVRAM_WRITE, inbuf,
+                         ALIGN(MC_CMD_NVRAM_WRITE_IN_LEN(length), 4),
                          NULL, 0, NULL);
        if (rc)
                goto fail;
 
 extern int efx_mcdi_nvram_write(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int type,
                                loff_t offset, const u8 *buffer,
                                size_t length);
+#define EFX_MCDI_NVRAM_LEN_MAX 128
 extern int efx_mcdi_nvram_erase(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int type,
                                loff_t offset, size_t length);
 extern int efx_mcdi_nvram_update_finish(struct efx_nic *efx,
 
 #include "mcdi_pcol.h"
 
 #define EFX_SPI_VERIFY_BUF_LEN 16
-#define EFX_MCDI_CHUNK_LEN 128
 
 struct efx_mtd_partition {
        struct mtd_info mtd;
        int rc = 0;
 
        while (offset < end) {
-               chunk = min_t(size_t, end - offset, EFX_MCDI_CHUNK_LEN);
+               chunk = min_t(size_t, end - offset, EFX_MCDI_NVRAM_LEN_MAX);
                rc = efx_mcdi_nvram_read(efx, part->mcdi.nvram_type, offset,
                                         buffer, chunk);
                if (rc)
        }
 
        while (offset < end) {
-               chunk = min_t(size_t, end - offset, EFX_MCDI_CHUNK_LEN);
+               chunk = min_t(size_t, end - offset, EFX_MCDI_NVRAM_LEN_MAX);
                rc = efx_mcdi_nvram_write(efx, part->mcdi.nvram_type, offset,
                                          buffer, chunk);
                if (rc)