diff --git a/backends/dbus-vmstate.c b/backends/dbus-vmstate.c
index 2a0d2e4a31..9cfd758c42 100644
--- a/backends/dbus-vmstate.c
+++ b/backends/dbus-vmstate.c
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ static int dbus_vmstate_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
     m = g_memory_input_stream_new_from_data(self->data, self->data_size, NULL);
     s = g_data_input_stream_new(m);
     g_data_input_stream_set_byte_order(s, G_DATA_STREAM_BYTE_ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN);
+    g_buffered_input_stream_set_buffer_size(G_BUFFERED_INPUT_STREAM(s),
+                                            DBUS_VMSTATE_SIZE_LIMIT);
 
     nelem = g_data_input_stream_read_uint32(s, NULL, &err);
     if (err) {
@@ -244,11 +246,23 @@ static int dbus_vmstate_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
         }
 
         len = g_data_input_stream_read_uint32(s, NULL, &err);
+        if (len > DBUS_VMSTATE_SIZE_LIMIT) {
+            error_report("%s: Invalid vmstate size: %u", __func__, len);
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        g_buffered_input_stream_fill(G_BUFFERED_INPUT_STREAM(s), len, NULL,
+                                     &err);
+        if (err) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+
         avail = g_buffered_input_stream_get_available(
             G_BUFFERED_INPUT_STREAM(s));
-
-        if (len > DBUS_VMSTATE_SIZE_LIMIT || len > avail) {
-            error_report("%s: Invalid vmstate size: %u", __func__, len);
+        if (len > avail) {
+            error_report("%s: Not enough data available to load for Id: '%s'. "
+                "Available data size: %zu, Actual vmstate size: %u",
+                __func__, id, avail, len);
             return -1;
         }