diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 77b3d9cc08a1..873081cda950 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3626,12 +3626,23 @@ static int rtnl_alt_ifname(int cmd, struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *attr,
 			   bool *changed, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	char *alt_ifname;
+	size_t size;
 	int err;
 
 	err = nla_validate(attr, attr->nla_len, IFLA_MAX, ifla_policy, extack);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	if (cmd == RTM_NEWLINKPROP) {
+		size = rtnl_prop_list_size(dev);
+		size += nla_total_size(ALTIFNAMSIZ);
+		if (size >= U16_MAX) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+				       "effective property list too long");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	alt_ifname = nla_strdup(attr, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
 	if (!alt_ifname)
 		return -ENOMEM;