diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list.h b/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list.h
index 68c2aea897f593664dd9d0ab7131b1defd0a9265..fe2622a001516f382b71246dd7d9b68ec4f8b094 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list.h
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 
 #define IP_SET_LIST_DEFAULT_SIZE	8
 #define IP_SET_LIST_MIN_SIZE		4
+#define IP_SET_LIST_MAX_SIZE		65536
 
 #endif /* __IP_SET_LIST_H */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
index 3e2317f3cf68625848edf5bc1d270b37d7d2af51..f87adbad607696d12f01a6444378bcd5423abb2c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_list_set.c
@@ -597,7 +597,9 @@ init_list_set(struct net *net, struct ip_set *set, u32 size)
 	struct set_elem *e;
 	u32 i;
 
-	map = kzalloc(sizeof(*map) + size * set->dsize, GFP_KERNEL);
+	map = kzalloc(sizeof(*map) +
+		      min_t(u32, size, IP_SET_LIST_MAX_SIZE) * set->dsize,
+		      GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!map)
 		return false;