diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 15daf5e2638d9bbcb6ad8b5d104b520dc81678fe..9c3630146cec0f739a0c3cea6ec98e95e69e44bb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -2698,6 +2698,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
 #define NL80211_ATTR_KEYS NL80211_ATTR_KEYS
 #define NL80211_ATTR_FEATURE_FLAGS NL80211_ATTR_FEATURE_FLAGS
 
+#define NL80211_WIPHY_NAME_MAXLEN		128
+
 #define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES			32
 #define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_HT_RATES		77
 #define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_REG_RULES		64
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index a6f3cac8c640e4cdb0eb4fb9d3c77bf3fd352576..c0fd8a85e7f72e59fa8e93be41a4dee1ee0a5104 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ static int cfg80211_dev_check_name(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
+	if (strlen(newname) > NL80211_WIPHY_NAME_MAXLEN)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* prohibit calling the thing phy%d when %d is not its number */
 	sscanf(newname, PHY_NAME "%d%n", &wiphy_idx, &taken);
 	if (taken == strlen(newname) && wiphy_idx != rdev->wiphy_idx) {