diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/safe_serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/safe_serial.c
index 93c6c9b08daa..8a069aa154ed 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/safe_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/safe_serial.c
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ static void safe_process_read_urb(struct urb *urb)
 	if (!safe)
 		goto out;
 
+	if (length < 2) {
+		dev_err(&port->dev, "malformed packet\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	fcs = fcs_compute10(data, length, CRC10_INITFCS);
 	if (fcs) {
 		dev_err(&port->dev, "%s - bad CRC %x\n", __func__, fcs);