diff --git a/src/db/dbCa.c b/src/db/dbCa.c
index 22870ba30..b35b5d80d 100644
--- a/src/db/dbCa.c
+++ b/src/db/dbCa.c
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ long dbCaPutLinkCallback(struct link *plink,short dbrType,
             dbAddr.pfield = pca->pputNative;
             /*Following only used for DBF_STRING*/
             dbAddr.field_size = MAX_STRING_SIZE;
+            if(nRequest>pca->nelements)
+                nRequest = pca->nelements;
             status = aConvert(&dbAddr, pbuffer, nRequest, pca->nelements, 0);
         }
         link_action |= CA_WRITE_NATIVE;