diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 0adf5422fce9d4b9fc62c2bbf319429b38aaec7c..3e3e6130637fa7268e6834c6fafe129de84345a7 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -4639,6 +4639,11 @@ static long btrfs_ioctl_balance(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 		bctl->flags |= BTRFS_BALANCE_TYPE_MASK;
 	}
 
+	if (bctl->flags & ~(BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_MASK | BTRFS_BALANCE_TYPE_MASK)) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto out_bargs;
+	}
+
 do_balance:
 	/*
 	 * Ownership of bctl and mutually_exclusive_operation_running
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 2ca784a14e84bc2a00d0c3d1ec1a15290128edfc..595279a8b99fd461e24cb24df3805fa8401f3dd6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -376,6 +376,14 @@ struct map_lookup {
 #define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_VRANGE	(1ULL << 4)
 #define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_LIMIT	(1ULL << 5)
 
+#define BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_MASK			\
+	(BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_PROFILES |		\
+	 BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_USAGE |		\
+	 BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_DEVID | 		\
+	 BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_DRANGE |		\
+	 BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_VRANGE |		\
+	 BTRFS_BALANCE_ARGS_LIMIT)
+
 /*
  * Profile changing flags.  When SOFT is set we won't relocate chunk if
  * it already has the target profile (even though it may be