diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
index 73e67fa88972..e7d2d5b7e125 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa_user/vduse_dev.c
@@ -655,10 +655,15 @@ static void vduse_vdpa_get_config(struct vdpa_device *vdpa, unsigned int offset,
 {
 	struct vduse_dev *dev = vdpa_to_vduse(vdpa);
 
-	if (offset > dev->config_size ||
-	    len > dev->config_size - offset)
+	/* Initialize the buffer in case of partial copy. */
+	memset(buf, 0, len);
+
+	if (offset > dev->config_size)
 		return;
 
+	if (len > dev->config_size - offset)
+		len = dev->config_size - offset;
+
 	memcpy(buf, dev->config + offset, len);
 }