diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index e974caf39d3e3bfa7d09b577b488650edc5ceebf..8c8f7a4d93afb96518c18da10c7e8f5bee62ef2d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ struct kretprobe {
 	struct kretprobe_holder *rph;
 };
 
+#define KRETPROBE_MAX_DATA_SIZE	4096
+
 struct kretprobe_instance {
 	union {
 		struct freelist_node freelist;
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index e9db0c810554e2c6b209b15de9b04d504e4080d1..21eccc961bba31cad928b2bf6e9bfc325191e64e 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -2086,6 +2086,9 @@ int register_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (rp->data_size > KRETPROBE_MAX_DATA_SIZE)
+		return -E2BIG;
+
 	rp->kp.pre_handler = pre_handler_kretprobe;
 	rp->kp.post_handler = NULL;