diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java b/src/share/classes/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java
index 74d274993d8a65ce788b9bc5df43ee3d07ee6fd5..bf08f0e1ad90e5241b66daa171e2b31b780dfe0c 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java
@@ -1741,6 +1741,10 @@ public class ObjectInputStream
         passHandle = NULL_HANDLE;
 
         int numIfaces = bin.readInt();
+        if (numIfaces > 65535) {
+            throw new InvalidObjectException("interface limit exceeded: "
+                    + numIfaces);
+        }
         String[] ifaces = new String[numIfaces];
         for (int i = 0; i < numIfaces; i++) {
             ifaces[i] = bin.readUTF();