diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
index 0a9986c18..d592f502d 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ std::vector<u8> HLERequestContext::ReadBuffer() const {
 size_t HLERequestContext::WriteBuffer(const void* buffer, const size_t size) const {
     const bool is_buffer_b{BufferDescriptorB().size() && BufferDescriptorB()[0].Size()};
 
+    ASSERT_MSG(size <= GetWriteBufferSize(), "Size %d is too big", size);
+
     if (is_buffer_b) {
         Memory::WriteBlock(BufferDescriptorB()[0].Address(), buffer, size);
     } else {
@@ -242,6 +244,11 @@ size_t HLERequestContext::WriteBuffer(const std::vector<u8>& buffer) const {
     return WriteBuffer(buffer.data(), buffer.size());
 }
 
+size_t HLERequestContext::GetReadBufferSize() const {
+    const bool is_buffer_a{BufferDescriptorA().size() && BufferDescriptorA()[0].Size()};
+    return is_buffer_a ? BufferDescriptorA()[0].Size() : BufferDescriptorX()[0].Size();
+}
+
 size_t HLERequestContext::GetWriteBufferSize() const {
     const bool is_buffer_b{BufferDescriptorB().size() && BufferDescriptorB()[0].Size()};
     return is_buffer_b ? BufferDescriptorB()[0].Size() : BufferDescriptorC()[0].Size();
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
index 0cc270909..5b1eae74a 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ public:
     /// Helper function to write a buffer using the appropriate buffer descriptor
     size_t WriteBuffer(const std::vector<u8>& buffer) const;
 
+    /// Helper function to get the size of the input buffer
+    size_t GetReadBufferSize() const;
+
     /// Helper function to get the size of the output buffer
     size_t GetWriteBufferSize() const;