diff --git a/hw/9pfs/9p.c b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
index 7705ead4b2ac9164a5d665cb6937ac2da8c89c1e..27af0072599abd88baa92eab7a561e2ee2192344 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/9p.c
@@ -3247,7 +3247,7 @@ static void coroutine_fn v9fs_xattrcreate(void *opaque)
 {
     int flags;
     int32_t fid;
-    int64_t size;
+    uint64_t size;
     ssize_t err = 0;
     V9fsString name;
     size_t offset = 7;
@@ -3262,6 +3262,11 @@ static void coroutine_fn v9fs_xattrcreate(void *opaque)
     }
     trace_v9fs_xattrcreate(pdu->tag, pdu->id, fid, name.data, size, flags);
 
+    if (size > XATTR_SIZE_MAX) {
+        err = -E2BIG;
+        goto out_nofid;
+    }
+
     file_fidp = get_fid(pdu, fid);
     if (file_fidp == NULL) {
         err = -EINVAL;
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/trace-events b/hw/9pfs/trace-events
index 48d3d8abedb52e3f48bab113259d9cab6918660b..fb4de3d465aba218ba32ab5cd5368ef6d4254ceb 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/trace-events
+++ b/hw/9pfs/trace-events
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ v9fs_mkdir(uint16_t tag, uint8_t id, int32_t fid, char* name, int mode, uint32_t
 v9fs_mkdir_return(uint16_t tag, uint8_t id, int8_t type, int32_t version, int64_t path, int err) "tag %u id %u qid={type %d version %d path %"PRId64"} err %d"
 v9fs_xattrwalk(uint16_t tag, uint8_t id, int32_t fid, int32_t newfid, char* name) "tag %d id %d fid %d newfid %d name %s"
 v9fs_xattrwalk_return(uint16_t tag, uint8_t id, int64_t size) "tag %d id %d size %"PRId64
-v9fs_xattrcreate(uint16_t tag, uint8_t id, int32_t fid, char* name, int64_t size, int flags) "tag %d id %d fid %d name %s size %"PRId64" flags %d"
+v9fs_xattrcreate(uint16_t tag, uint8_t id, int32_t fid, char* name, uint64_t size, int flags) "tag %d id %d fid %d name %s size %"PRIu64" flags %d"
 v9fs_readlink(uint16_t tag, uint8_t id, int32_t fid) "tag %d id %d fid %d"
 v9fs_readlink_return(uint16_t tag, uint8_t id, char* target) "tag %d id %d name %s"