diff --git a/net/caif/caif_socket.c b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
index 1bf0cf503796f27668d8dc8c1e9a733fd6e76bdd..8184c031d028b01fdcc435d7729cda022f925535 100644
--- a/net/caif/caif_socket.c
+++ b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
@@ -740,12 +740,12 @@ static int setsockopt(struct socket *sock,
 		if (cf_sk->sk.sk_protocol != CAIFPROTO_UTIL)
 			return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 		lock_sock(&(cf_sk->sk));
-		cf_sk->conn_req.param.size = ol;
 		if (ol > sizeof(cf_sk->conn_req.param.data) ||
 			copy_from_user(&cf_sk->conn_req.param.data, ov, ol)) {
 			release_sock(&cf_sk->sk);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+		cf_sk->conn_req.param.size = ol;
 		release_sock(&cf_sk->sk);
 		return 0;