diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
index e9b4ece689d0..234c5890134f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.h
@@ -3505,7 +3505,7 @@ i915_gem_object_create_stolen_for_preallocated(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv
 /* i915_gem_internal.c */
 struct drm_i915_gem_object *
 i915_gem_object_create_internal(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
-				unsigned int size);
+				phys_addr_t size);
 
 /* i915_gem_shrinker.c */
 unsigned long i915_gem_shrink(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_internal.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_internal.c
index 2222863e505f..9b39472396ef 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_internal.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_internal.c
@@ -151,10 +151,15 @@ static const struct drm_i915_gem_object_ops i915_gem_object_internal_ops = {
  */
 struct drm_i915_gem_object *
 i915_gem_object_create_internal(struct drm_i915_private *i915,
-				unsigned int size)
+				phys_addr_t size)
 {
 	struct drm_i915_gem_object *obj;
 
+	GEM_BUG_ON(!size);
+
+	if (overflows_type(size, obj->base.size))
+		return ERR_PTR(-E2BIG);
+
 	obj = i915_gem_object_alloc(i915);
 	if (!obj)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);