diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-xilinx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-xilinx.c
index 337fda4e78a64452341965f23862f1a558c0337c..2ca55f6b51583914f93159b9b9a41dc533c99b66 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-xilinx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-xilinx.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <linux/spi/xilinx_spi.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 
+#define XILINX_SPI_MAX_CS	32
+
 #define XILINX_SPI_NAME "xilinx_spi"
 
 /* Register definitions as per "OPB Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) (v1.00e)
@@ -347,6 +349,11 @@ static int xilinx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (num_cs > XILINX_SPI_MAX_CS) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Invalid number of spi slaves\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	master = spi_alloc_master(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct xilinx_spi));
 	if (!master)
 		return -ENODEV;