diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/zforce_ts.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/zforce_ts.c
index f58a196521a9a99fc3d4838b86db7aba4b7aca02..80285c71786ee58a85d268adb20ad283a1fd54a9 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/zforce_ts.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/zforce_ts.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static int zforce_read_packet(struct zforce_ts *ts, u8 *buf)
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
-	if (buf[PAYLOAD_LENGTH] == 0) {
+	if (buf[PAYLOAD_LENGTH] == 0 || buf[PAYLOAD_LENGTH] > FRAME_MAXSIZE) {
 		dev_err(&client->dev, "invalid payload length: %d\n",
 			buf[PAYLOAD_LENGTH]);
 		ret = -EIO;