diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 224a82f24d3c..1095be9c80ab 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ static int rsc_parse(struct cache_detail *cd,
 		/* number of additional gid's */
 		if (get_int(&mesg, &N))
 			goto out;
+		if (N < 0 || N > NGROUPS_MAX)
+			goto out;
 		status = -ENOMEM;
 		rsci.cred.cr_group_info = groups_alloc(N);
 		if (rsci.cred.cr_group_info == NULL)