diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c
index 64e01b84d98d7a707e78688ecf75d706120c4669..dd26f2086180732ebd62fdf3f1ed7797f89e543f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/cfg80211.c
@@ -947,7 +947,8 @@ static inline void wilc_wfi_cfg_parse_ch_attr(u8 *buf, u32 len, u8 sta_ch)
 		if (index + sizeof(*e) + attr_size > len)
 			return;
 
-		if (e->attr_type == IEEE80211_P2P_ATTR_CHANNEL_LIST)
+		if (e->attr_type == IEEE80211_P2P_ATTR_CHANNEL_LIST &&
+		    attr_size >= (sizeof(struct wilc_attr_ch_list) - sizeof(*e)))
 			ch_list_idx = index;
 		else if (e->attr_type == IEEE80211_P2P_ATTR_OPER_CHANNEL &&
 			 attr_size == (sizeof(struct wilc_attr_oper_ch) - sizeof(*e)))