diff --git a/net/rds/message.c b/net/rds/message.c
index f0a4658f3273e2..aff589cc022e66 100644
--- a/net/rds/message.c
+++ b/net/rds/message.c
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ struct rds_message *rds_message_alloc(unsigned int extra_len, gfp_t gfp)
 {
 	struct rds_message *rm;
 
+	if (extra_len > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE - sizeof(struct rds_message))
+		return NULL;
+
 	rm = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rds_message) + extra_len, gfp);
 	if (!rm)
 		goto out;