diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
index ac26efc79c2..8ea6a82fc32 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
@@ -1231,6 +1231,12 @@ fn dd_copy(mut i: Input, o: Output) -> io::Result<()> {
     // Aligned read scratch sized to the block size (the max size needed).
     // 4 KiB alignment satisfies block devices that enforce a strict
     // `dma_alignment` for `iflag=direct` reads — see `AlignedBuf`.
+    //
+    // A `count=` smaller than the block size caps how much will ever be
+    // read, so allocate only that much: `ibs=16384 obs=16383 count=1`
+    // would otherwise reserve the least common multiple of the two block
+    // sizes (256 MiB) to copy 16 KiB.
+    let bsize = calc_loop_bsize(i.settings.count, &rstat, i.settings.ibs, bsize);
     let mut buf = AlignedBuf::new(bsize)?;
     // Separate scratch for `conv=block` / `conv=unblock`, which can change
     // the byte count and so cannot be done in-place in `buf`.
@@ -1486,8 +1492,10 @@ fn calc_loop_bsize(count: Option<Num>, rstat: &ReadStat, ibs: usize, ideal_bsize
     match count {
         Some(Num::Blocks(rmax)) => {
             let rsofar = rstat.reads_complete + rstat.reads_partial;
-            let rremain = rmax - rsofar;
-            cmp::min(ideal_bsize as u64, rremain * ibs as u64) as usize
+            // `count=` is a user-supplied u64, so `count * ibs` can exceed
+            // u64: saturate rather than wrap to a bogus (tiny) buffer size.
+            let rremain = rmax.saturating_sub(rsofar);
+            cmp::min(ideal_bsize as u64, rremain.saturating_mul(ibs as u64)) as usize
         }
         Some(Num::Bytes(bmax)) => {
             // `iflag=count_bytes` limits input, so use bytes read.
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
index 07df2388028..8d09685419a 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_dd.rs
@@ -133,6 +133,27 @@ fn test_out_of_memory_skip() {
         .stderr_contains("memory");
 }
 
+// `count=` caps how much can ever be read, so the copy buffer must be sized
+// to it rather than to the least common multiple of `ibs` and `obs` (256 MiB
+// here, for a 16 KiB copy).
+#[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", target_pointer_width = "64"))]
+#[cfg_attr(
+    wasi_runner,
+    ignore = "address-space limits are not supported by the WASI runner"
+)]
+#[test]
+fn test_count_limits_internal_buffer_allocation() {
+    use rlimit::Resource;
+
+    const AS_LIMIT: u64 = 200 * 1024 * 1024;
+
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .limit(Resource::AS, AS_LIMIT, AS_LIMIT)
+        .args(&["if=/dev/zero", "of=/dev/null"])
+        .args(&["ibs=16384", "obs=16383", "count=1", "status=none"])
+        .succeeds();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_huge_block_size_is_rejected_without_panicking() {
     // Regression test for #12844: a block size >= i64::MAX used to panic