diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_parser.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_parser.c
index 7f515a4b9bd1..e44cd8bf7837 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_parser.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/hfi_parser.c
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ static void init_codecs(struct venus_core *core)
 	struct venus_caps *caps = core->caps, *cap;
 	unsigned long bit;
 
+	if (hweight_long(core->dec_codecs) + hweight_long(core->enc_codecs) > MAX_CODEC_NUM)
+		return;
+
 	for_each_set_bit(bit, &core->dec_codecs, MAX_CODEC_NUM) {
 		cap = &caps[core->codecs_count++];
 		cap->codec = BIT(bit);