diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index 2f498f87e3d886b6f7ff8145b5492e32ad38126c..d3e4479367208cd16d4ea50b012e23bfafa76357 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -573,6 +573,9 @@ int ip_tunnel_encap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_tunnel *t,
 	if (t->encap.type == TUNNEL_ENCAP_NONE)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (t->encap.type >= MAX_IPTUN_ENCAP_OPS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	ops = rcu_dereference(iptun_encaps[t->encap.type]);
 	if (likely(ops && ops->build_header))