diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
index d766fb14942b3..8888cdf3eead9 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,14 @@ static unsigned int tcmu_handle_completions(struct tcmu_dev *udev)
 
 		struct tcmu_cmd_entry *entry = (void *) mb + CMDR_OFF + udev->cmdr_last_cleaned;
 
-		tcmu_flush_dcache_range(entry, sizeof(*entry));
+		/*
+		 * Flush max. up to end of cmd ring since current entry might
+		 * be a padding that is shorter than sizeof(*entry)
+		 */
+		size_t ring_left = head_to_end(udev->cmdr_last_cleaned,
+					       udev->cmdr_size);
+		tcmu_flush_dcache_range(entry, ring_left < sizeof(*entry) ?
+					ring_left : sizeof(*entry));
 
 		if (tcmu_hdr_get_op(entry->hdr.len_op) == TCMU_OP_PAD) {
 			UPDATE_HEAD(udev->cmdr_last_cleaned,