diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index 017f7933a37d..f4b5811ebe23 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -700,6 +700,9 @@ struct ring_buffer *rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags)
 	size = sizeof(struct ring_buffer);
 	size += nr_pages * sizeof(void *);
 
+	if (order_base_2(size) >= MAX_ORDER)
+		goto fail;
+
 	rb = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!rb)
 		goto fail;