diff --git a/net/can/isotp.c b/net/can/isotp.c
index 9bc344851704e..f1ea91772ae70 100644
--- a/net/can/isotp.c
+++ b/net/can/isotp.c
@@ -85,10 +85,21 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("can-proto-6");
 
 /* ISO 15765-2:2016 supports more than 4095 byte per ISO PDU as the FF_DL can
  * take full 32 bit values (4 Gbyte). We would need some good concept to handle
- * this between user space and kernel space. For now increase the static buffer
- * to something about 64 kbyte to be able to test this new functionality.
+ * this between user space and kernel space. For now set the static buffer to
+ * something about 8 kbyte to be able to test this new functionality.
  */
-#define MAX_MSG_LENGTH 66000
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_PDU_SIZE 8300
+
+/* maximum PDU size before ISO 15765-2:2016 extension was 4095 */
+#define MAX_12BIT_PDU_SIZE 4095
+
+/* limit the isotp pdu size from the optional module parameter to 1MByte */
+#define MAX_PDU_SIZE (1025 * 1024U)
+
+static unsigned int max_pdu_size __read_mostly = DEFAULT_MAX_PDU_SIZE;
+module_param(max_pdu_size, uint, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_pdu_size, "maximum isotp pdu size (default "
+		 __stringify(DEFAULT_MAX_PDU_SIZE) ")");
 
 /* N_PCI type values in bits 7-4 of N_PCI bytes */
 #define N_PCI_SF 0x00	/* single frame */
@@ -123,13 +134,15 @@ enum {
 };
 
 struct tpcon {
-	unsigned int idx;
+	u8 *buf;
+	unsigned int buflen;
 	unsigned int len;
+	unsigned int idx;
 	u32 state;
 	u8 bs;
 	u8 sn;
 	u8 ll_dl;
-	u8 buf[MAX_MSG_LENGTH + 1];
+	u8 sbuf[DEFAULT_MAX_PDU_SIZE];
 };
 
 struct isotp_sock {
@@ -503,7 +516,17 @@ static int isotp_rcv_ff(struct sock *sk, struct canfd_frame *cf, int ae)
 	if (so->rx.len + ae + off + ff_pci_sz < so->rx.ll_dl)
 		return 1;
 
-	if (so->rx.len > MAX_MSG_LENGTH) {
+	/* PDU size > default => try max_pdu_size */
+	if (so->rx.len > so->rx.buflen && so->rx.buflen < max_pdu_size) {
+		u8 *newbuf = kmalloc(max_pdu_size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+		if (newbuf) {
+			so->rx.buf = newbuf;
+			so->rx.buflen = max_pdu_size;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (so->rx.len > so->rx.buflen) {
 		/* send FC frame with overflow status */
 		isotp_send_fc(sk, ae, ISOTP_FC_OVFLW);
 		return 1;
@@ -807,7 +830,7 @@ static void isotp_create_fframe(struct canfd_frame *cf, struct isotp_sock *so,
 		cf->data[0] = so->opt.ext_address;
 
 	/* create N_PCI bytes with 12/32 bit FF_DL data length */
-	if (so->tx.len > 4095) {
+	if (so->tx.len > MAX_12BIT_PDU_SIZE) {
 		/* use 32 bit FF_DL notation */
 		cf->data[ae] = N_PCI_FF;
 		cf->data[ae + 1] = 0;
@@ -947,7 +970,17 @@ static int isotp_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 		so->tx.state = ISOTP_SENDING;
 	}
 
-	if (!size || size > MAX_MSG_LENGTH) {
+	/* PDU size > default => try max_pdu_size */
+	if (size > so->tx.buflen && so->tx.buflen < max_pdu_size) {
+		u8 *newbuf = kmalloc(max_pdu_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+		if (newbuf) {
+			so->tx.buf = newbuf;
+			so->tx.buflen = max_pdu_size;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!size || size > so->tx.buflen) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto err_out_drop;
 	}
@@ -1195,6 +1228,12 @@ static int isotp_release(struct socket *sock)
 	so->ifindex = 0;
 	so->bound = 0;
 
+	if (so->rx.buf != so->rx.sbuf)
+		kfree(so->rx.buf);
+
+	if (so->tx.buf != so->tx.sbuf)
+		kfree(so->tx.buf);
+
 	sock_orphan(sk);
 	sock->sk = NULL;
 
@@ -1591,6 +1630,11 @@ static int isotp_init(struct sock *sk)
 	so->rx.state = ISOTP_IDLE;
 	so->tx.state = ISOTP_IDLE;
 
+	so->rx.buf = so->rx.sbuf;
+	so->tx.buf = so->tx.sbuf;
+	so->rx.buflen = ARRAY_SIZE(so->rx.sbuf);
+	so->tx.buflen = ARRAY_SIZE(so->tx.sbuf);
+
 	hrtimer_init(&so->rxtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT);
 	so->rxtimer.function = isotp_rx_timer_handler;
 	hrtimer_init(&so->txtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT);
@@ -1658,7 +1702,10 @@ static __init int isotp_module_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	pr_info("can: isotp protocol\n");
+	max_pdu_size = max_t(unsigned int, max_pdu_size, MAX_12BIT_PDU_SIZE);
+	max_pdu_size = min_t(unsigned int, max_pdu_size, MAX_PDU_SIZE);
+
+	pr_info("can: isotp protocol (max_pdu_size %d)\n", max_pdu_size);
 
 	err = can_proto_register(&isotp_can_proto);
 	if (err < 0)