diff --git a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c
index f3cdd904fe4d6e1ae5c48288858d793dbc0af22c..822665245588767bbbabc0cf3b4a4c47c4f044e3 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ int vmci_datagram_dispatch(u32 context_id,
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct vmci_datagram) != 24);
 
-	if (VMCI_DG_SIZE(dg) > VMCI_MAX_DG_SIZE) {
+	if (dg->payload_size > VMCI_MAX_DG_SIZE ||
+	    VMCI_DG_SIZE(dg) > VMCI_MAX_DG_SIZE) {
 		pr_devel("Payload (size=%llu bytes) too big to send\n",
 			 (unsigned long long)dg->payload_size);
 		return VMCI_ERROR_INVALID_ARGS;