diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index 5d3cf407e37469a7b1cafab8c4af303d074bbdf8..51386d9105fa10e488bf2de54a6ef44a5141f8c3 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -724,6 +724,9 @@ struct ring_buffer *rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags)
 	size = sizeof(struct ring_buffer);
 	size += nr_pages * sizeof(void *);
 
+	if (order_base_2(size) >= MAX_ORDER)
+		goto fail;
+
 	rb = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rb)
 		goto fail;