diff --git a/src/NVMeBasicContext.cpp b/src/NVMeBasicContext.cpp
index 08333c5..5708ad8 100644
--- a/src/NVMeBasicContext.cpp
+++ b/src/NVMeBasicContext.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         return -errno;
     }
 
-    resp.reserve(UINT8_MAX + 1);
+    resp.resize(UINT8_MAX + 1);
 
     /* Issue the NVMe MI basic command */
     size = i2c_smbus_read_block_data(fileHandle.handle(), cmd, resp.data());
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@
         return -EBADMSG;
     }
 
+    resp.resize(size);
+
     return size;
 }