diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 3e4e8930fafc..2d2bc6396515 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1575,6 +1575,8 @@ int do_prlimit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int resource,
 
 	if (resource >= RLIM_NLIMITS)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	resource = array_index_nospec(resource, RLIM_NLIMITS);
+
 	if (new_rlim) {
 		if (new_rlim->rlim_cur > new_rlim->rlim_max)
 			return -EINVAL;