diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bloom_filter.c b/kernel/bpf/bloom_filter.c
index 48ee750849f2..78e810f49c44 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/bloom_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/bloom_filter.c
@@ -88,6 +88,18 @@ static int bloom_map_get_next_key(struct bpf_map *map, void *key, void *next_key
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
+/* Called from syscall */
+static int bloom_map_alloc_check(union bpf_attr *attr)
+{
+	if (attr->value_size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE)
+		/* if value_size is bigger, the user space won't be able to
+		 * access the elements.
+		 */
+		return -E2BIG;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct bpf_map *bloom_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr)
 {
 	u32 bitset_bytes, bitset_mask, nr_hash_funcs, nr_bits;
@@ -196,6 +208,7 @@ static int bloom_map_check_btf(const struct bpf_map *map,
 BTF_ID_LIST_SINGLE(bpf_bloom_map_btf_ids, struct, bpf_bloom_filter)
 const struct bpf_map_ops bloom_filter_map_ops = {
 	.map_meta_equal = bpf_map_meta_equal,
+	.map_alloc_check = bloom_map_alloc_check,
 	.map_alloc = bloom_map_alloc,
 	.map_free = bloom_map_free,
 	.map_get_next_key = bloom_map_get_next_key,
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bloom_filter_map.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bloom_filter_map.c
index d2d9e965eba5..f79815b7e951 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bloom_filter_map.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/bloom_filter_map.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /* Copyright (c) 2021 Facebook */
 
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <test_progs.h>
 #include "bloom_filter_map.skel.h"
 
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@ static void test_fail_cases(void)
 	if (!ASSERT_LT(fd, 0, "bpf_map_create bloom filter invalid value size 0"))
 		close(fd);
 
+	/* Invalid value size: too big */
+	fd = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_BLOOM_FILTER, NULL, 0, INT32_MAX, 100, NULL);
+	if (!ASSERT_LT(fd, 0, "bpf_map_create bloom filter invalid value too large"))
+		close(fd);
+
 	/* Invalid max entries size */
 	fd = bpf_map_create(BPF_MAP_TYPE_BLOOM_FILTER, NULL, 0, sizeof(value), 0, NULL);
 	if (!ASSERT_LT(fd, 0, "bpf_map_create bloom filter invalid max entries size"))