diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
index 0a328d0d11beba..bd8c09e7a8d9f5 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c
@@ -4451,7 +4451,7 @@ int qeth_snmp_command(struct qeth_card *card, char __user *udata)
 	struct qeth_cmd_buffer *iob;
 	struct qeth_ipa_cmd *cmd;
 	struct qeth_snmp_ureq *ureq;
-	int req_len;
+	unsigned int req_len;
 	struct qeth_arp_query_info qinfo = {0, };
 	int rc = 0;
 
@@ -4467,6 +4467,10 @@ int qeth_snmp_command(struct qeth_card *card, char __user *udata)
 	/* skip 4 bytes (data_len struct member) to get req_len */
 	if (copy_from_user(&req_len, udata + sizeof(int), sizeof(int)))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	if (req_len > (QETH_BUFSIZE - IPA_PDU_HEADER_SIZE -
+		       sizeof(struct qeth_ipacmd_hdr) -
+		       sizeof(struct qeth_ipacmd_setadpparms_hdr)))
+		return -EINVAL;
 	ureq = memdup_user(udata, req_len + sizeof(struct qeth_snmp_ureq_hdr));
 	if (IS_ERR(ureq)) {
 		QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 2, "snmpnome");