diff --git a/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c b/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
index 718d5e3b7806..6c06d0645779 100644
--- a/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
+++ b/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,10 @@ wavefront_send_alias (snd_wavefront_t *dev, wavefront_patch_info *header)
 				      "alias for %d\n",
 				      header->number,
 				      header->hdr.a.OriginalSample);
-    
+
+	if (header->number >= WF_MAX_SAMPLE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	munge_int32 (header->number, &alias_hdr[0], 2);
 	munge_int32 (header->hdr.a.OriginalSample, &alias_hdr[2], 2);
 	munge_int32 (*((unsigned int *)&header->hdr.a.sampleStartOffset),
@@ -1205,6 +1208,9 @@ wavefront_send_multisample (snd_wavefront_t *dev, wavefront_patch_info *header)
 	int num_samples;
 	unsigned char *msample_hdr;
 
+	if (header->number >= WF_MAX_SAMPLE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	msample_hdr = kmalloc(WF_MSAMPLE_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (! msample_hdr)
 		return -ENOMEM;