diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 534126f3687b..49e4ffa33a4e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <net/sock.h>
 
 #define NFT_MODULE_AUTOLOAD_LIMIT (MODULE_NAME_LEN - sizeof("nft-expr-255-"))
+#define NFT_SET_MAX_ANONLEN 16
 
 unsigned int nf_tables_net_id __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_tables_net_id);
@@ -3395,6 +3396,9 @@ static int nf_tables_set_alloc_name(struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 		if (p[1] != 'd' || strchr(p + 2, '%'))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
+		if (strnlen(name, NFT_SET_MAX_ANONLEN) >= NFT_SET_MAX_ANONLEN)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		inuse = (unsigned long *)get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (inuse == NULL)
 			return -ENOMEM;