diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 2ff17b397cd2..a23c903753b5 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1202,6 +1202,11 @@ loop_get_status(struct loop_device *lo, struct loop_info64 *info)
 	info->lo_rdevice = huge_encode_dev(lo->lo_device ? stat.rdev : stat.dev);
 	info->lo_offset = lo->lo_offset;
 	info->lo_sizelimit = lo->lo_sizelimit;
+
+	/* loff_t vars have been assigned __u64 */
+	if (lo->lo_offset < 0 || lo->lo_sizelimit < 0)
+		return -EOVERFLOW;
+
 	info->lo_flags = lo->lo_flags;
 	memcpy(info->lo_file_name, lo->lo_file_name, LO_NAME_SIZE);
 	memcpy(info->lo_crypt_name, lo->lo_crypt_name, LO_NAME_SIZE);