diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/preprocess.c b/scripts/kconfig/preprocess.c
index 748da578b418c..d1f5bcff4b62d 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/preprocess.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/preprocess.c
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@ static char *eval_clause(const char *str, size_t len, int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		p++;
 	}
+
+	if (new_argc >= FUNCTION_MAX_ARGS)
+		pperror("too many function arguments");
 	new_argv[new_argc++] = prev;
 
 	/*