diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index 3d69c76f1923..dd00cc09ae5e 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -456,9 +456,11 @@ static int nvmem_cell_info_to_nvmem_cell_entry_nodup(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
 	cell->nbits = info->nbits;
 	cell->np = info->np;
 
-	if (cell->nbits)
+	if (cell->nbits) {
 		cell->bytes = DIV_ROUND_UP(cell->nbits + cell->bit_offset,
 					   BITS_PER_BYTE);
+		cell->raw_len = ALIGN(cell->bytes, nvmem->word_size);
+	}
 
 	if (!IS_ALIGNED(cell->offset, nvmem->stride)) {
 		dev_err(&nvmem->dev,