diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c
index 12f1e4bc769cae82e1fc3dad2c9bc1564d1e7dd2..a1277d2700ee56cf651e35861c326b2e01439142 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_core.c
@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ sca3000_store_measurement_mode(struct device *dev,
 	ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &val);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_ret;
+	if (val > 3) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto error_ret;
+	}
 	ret = sca3000_read_data_short(st, SCA3000_REG_ADDR_MODE, 1);
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_ret;