diff --git a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
index a450a1c8804b..d1d29015d91f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/x_tables.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("{ip,ip6,arp,eb}_tables backend module");
 
 #define XT_PCPU_BLOCK_SIZE 4096
+#define XT_MAX_TABLE_SIZE	(512 * 1024 * 1024)
 
 struct compat_delta {
 	unsigned int offset; /* offset in kernel */
@@ -1031,7 +1032,7 @@ struct xt_table_info *xt_alloc_table_info(unsigned int size)
 	struct xt_table_info *info = NULL;
 	size_t sz = sizeof(*info) + size;
 
-	if (sz < sizeof(*info))
+	if (sz < sizeof(*info) || sz >= XT_MAX_TABLE_SIZE)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* Pedantry: prevent them from hitting BUG() in vmalloc.c --RR */