diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
index fed44d4e5b72..34edb4a4ccd4 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem_submit.c
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ static inline void __user *to_user_ptr(u64 address)
 }
 
 static struct msm_gem_submit *submit_create(struct drm_device *dev,
-		struct msm_gpu *gpu, int nr)
+		struct msm_gpu *gpu, uint32_t nr)
 {
 	struct msm_gem_submit *submit;
-	int sz = sizeof(*submit) + (nr * sizeof(submit->bos[0]));
+	uint64_t sz = sizeof(*submit) + (nr * sizeof(submit->bos[0]));
+
+	if (sz > SIZE_MAX)
+		return NULL;
 
 	submit = kmalloc(sz, GFP_TEMPORARY | __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
 	if (submit) {