diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c
index 86c31c787fb9..5e242be45206 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/ringbuf.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ int ring_buffer__add(struct ring_buffer *rb, int map_fd,
 	__u32 len = sizeof(info);
 	struct epoll_event *e;
 	struct ring *r;
+	__u64 mmap_sz;
 	void *tmp;
 	int err;
 
@@ -97,8 +98,7 @@ int ring_buffer__add(struct ring_buffer *rb, int map_fd,
 	r->mask = info.max_entries - 1;
 
 	/* Map writable consumer page */
-	tmp = mmap(NULL, rb->page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED,
-		   map_fd, 0);
+	tmp = mmap(NULL, rb->page_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, map_fd, 0);
 	if (tmp == MAP_FAILED) {
 		err = -errno;
 		pr_warn("ringbuf: failed to mmap consumer page for map fd=%d: %d\n",
@@ -111,8 +111,12 @@ int ring_buffer__add(struct ring_buffer *rb, int map_fd,
 	 * data size to allow simple reading of samples that wrap around the
 	 * end of a ring buffer. See kernel implementation for details.
 	 * */
-	tmp = mmap(NULL, rb->page_size + 2 * info.max_entries, PROT_READ,
-		   MAP_SHARED, map_fd, rb->page_size);
+	mmap_sz = rb->page_size + 2 * (__u64)info.max_entries;
+	if (mmap_sz != (__u64)(size_t)mmap_sz) {
+		pr_warn("ringbuf: ring buffer size (%u) is too big\n", info.max_entries);
+		return -E2BIG;
+	}
+	tmp = mmap(NULL, (size_t)mmap_sz, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, map_fd, rb->page_size);
 	if (tmp == MAP_FAILED) {
 		err = -errno;
 		ringbuf_unmap_ring(rb, r);