diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index b736acd3917b..a24bcbbb5033 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ parse_mf_symlink(const u8 *buf, unsigned int buf_len, unsigned int *_link_len,
 	if (rc != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (link_len > CIFS_MF_SYMLINK_LINK_MAXLEN)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	rc = symlink_hash(link_len, link_str, md5_hash);
 	if (rc) {
 		cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: MD5 hash failure: %d\n", __func__, rc);