diff --git a/include/linux/kprobes.h b/include/linux/kprobes.h
index e4f3bfe08757..ef8c7accbc68 100644
--- a/include/linux/kprobes.h
+++ b/include/linux/kprobes.h
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ struct kretprobe {
 	struct kretprobe_holder *rph;
 };
 
+#define KRETPROBE_MAX_DATA_SIZE	4096
+
 struct kretprobe_instance {
 	union {
 		struct freelist_node freelist;
diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 1cf8bca1ea86..2ef90d15699f 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -2006,6 +2006,9 @@ int register_kretprobe(struct kretprobe *rp)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (rp->data_size > KRETPROBE_MAX_DATA_SIZE)
+		return -E2BIG;
+
 	rp->kp.pre_handler = pre_handler_kretprobe;
 	rp->kp.post_handler = NULL;