diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c
index 64916ba15df5d3f3937fa2c1aea79aff14c5c91a..429ea2752e6aa6cda8f174615e357c3309a60ec8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c
@@ -977,6 +977,10 @@ int mwifiex_ret_wmm_get_status(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 				    "WMM Parameter Set Count: %d\n",
 				    wmm_param_ie->qos_info_bitmap & mask);
 
+			if (wmm_param_ie->vend_hdr.len + 2 >
+				sizeof(struct ieee_types_wmm_parameter))
+				break;
+
 			memcpy((u8 *) &priv->curr_bss_params.bss_descriptor.
 			       wmm_ie, wmm_param_ie,
 			       wmm_param_ie->vend_hdr.len + 2);