diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
index 91c772e38bb5..5c865987ba5c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static ssize_t vtpm_proxy_fops_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 
 	len = proxy_dev->req_len;
 
-	if (count < len) {
+	if (count < len || len > sizeof(proxy_dev->buffer)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&proxy_dev->buf_lock);
 		pr_debug("Invalid size in recv: count=%zd, req_len=%zd\n",
 			 count, len);