diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 116902b1b2c34..3a598e91e816d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -1767,6 +1767,14 @@ static void nvme_rdma_recv_done(struct ib_cq *cq, struct ib_wc *wc)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* sanity checking for received data length */
+	if (unlikely(wc->byte_len < len)) {
+		dev_err(queue->ctrl->ctrl.device,
+			"Unexpected nvme completion length(%d)\n", wc->byte_len);
+		nvme_rdma_error_recovery(queue->ctrl);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	ib_dma_sync_single_for_cpu(ibdev, qe->dma, len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 	/*
 	 * AEN requests are special as they don't time out and can