diff --git a/drivers/crypto/msm/qcedev.c b/drivers/crypto/msm/qcedev.c
index ad41874173e4..a4aff2ff35a5 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/msm/qcedev.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/msm/qcedev.c
@@ -1925,6 +1925,11 @@ long qcedev_ioctl(struct file *file,
 				goto exit_free_qcedev_areq;
 			}
 
+			if (map_buf.num_fds > QCEDEV_MAX_BUFFERS) {
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto exit_free_qcedev_areq;
+			}
+
 			for (i = 0; i < map_buf.num_fds; i++) {
 				err = qcedev_check_and_map_buffer(handle,
 						map_buf.fd[i],