diff --git a/wmi/src/wmi_unified_tlv.c b/wmi/src/wmi_unified_tlv.c
index 8ef971db229b..d443bb978eaa 100644
--- a/wmi/src/wmi_unified_tlv.c
+++ b/wmi/src/wmi_unified_tlv.c
@@ -5920,6 +5920,14 @@ static QDF_STATUS send_stats_ext_req_cmd_tlv(wmi_unified_t wmi_handle,
 	wmi_buf_t buf;
 	size_t len;
 	uint8_t *buf_ptr;
+	uint16_t max_wmi_msg_size = wmi_get_max_msg_len(wmi_handle);
+
+	if (preq->request_data_len > (max_wmi_msg_size - WMI_TLV_HDR_SIZE -
+				      sizeof(*cmd))) {
+		wmi_err("Data length=%d is greater than max wmi msg size",
+			preq->request_data_len);
+		return QDF_STATUS_E_FAILURE;
+	}
 
 	len = sizeof(*cmd) + WMI_TLV_HDR_SIZE + preq->request_data_len;