diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 88c307ef13181979386f6062e74ad6c98baf10ce..67a7b312a499765d21368f29880acd6447057401 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -2310,6 +2310,16 @@ static int tipc_wait_for_connect(struct socket *sock, long *timeo_p)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool tipc_sockaddr_is_sane(struct sockaddr_tipc *addr)
+{
+	if (addr->family != AF_TIPC)
+		return false;
+	if (addr->addrtype == TIPC_SERVICE_RANGE)
+		return (addr->addr.nameseq.lower <= addr->addr.nameseq.upper);
+	return (addr->addrtype == TIPC_SERVICE_ADDR ||
+		addr->addrtype == TIPC_SOCKET_ADDR);
+}
+
 /**
  * tipc_connect - establish a connection to another TIPC port
  * @sock: socket structure
@@ -2345,18 +2355,18 @@ static int tipc_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *dest,
 		if (!tipc_sk_type_connectionless(sk))
 			res = -EINVAL;
 		goto exit;
-	} else if (dst->family != AF_TIPC) {
-		res = -EINVAL;
 	}
-	if (dst->addrtype != TIPC_ADDR_ID && dst->addrtype != TIPC_ADDR_NAME)
+	if (!tipc_sockaddr_is_sane(dst)) {
 		res = -EINVAL;
-	if (res)
 		goto exit;
-
+	}
 	/* DGRAM/RDM connect(), just save the destaddr */
 	if (tipc_sk_type_connectionless(sk)) {
 		memcpy(&tsk->peer, dest, destlen);
 		goto exit;
+	} else if (dst->addrtype == TIPC_SERVICE_RANGE) {
+		res = -EINVAL;
+		goto exit;
 	}
 
 	previous = sk->sk_state;