diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 7408227..fbeb2f3 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -538,10 +538,23 @@
 		sector_t from = state->parts[p].from;
 		if (!size)
 			continue;
-		if (from + size > get_capacity(disk)) {
+		if (from >= get_capacity(disk)) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING
-				"%s: p%d exceeds device capacity\n",
-				disk->disk_name, p);
+			       "%s: p%d ignored, start %llu is behind the end of the disk\n",
+			       disk->disk_name, p, (unsigned long long) from);
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (from + size > get_capacity(disk)) {
+			/*
+			 * we can not ignore partitions of broken tables
+			 * created by for example camera firmware, but we
+			 * limit them to the end of the disk to avoid
+			 * creating invalid block devices
+			 */
+			printk(KERN_WARNING
+			       "%s: p%d size %llu limited to end of disk\n",
+			       disk->disk_name, p, (unsigned long long) size);
+			size = get_capacity(disk) - from;
 		}
 		res = add_partition(disk, p, from, size, state->parts[p].flags);
 		if (res) {