diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c
index 9935bd09db1f..d4947e3a909e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rndis_wlan.c
@@ -2928,6 +2928,8 @@ static void rndis_wlan_auth_indication(struct usbnet *usbdev,
 
 	while (buflen >= sizeof(*auth_req)) {
 		auth_req = (void *)buf;
+		if (buflen < le32_to_cpu(auth_req->length))
+			return;
 		type = "unknown";
 		flags = le32_to_cpu(auth_req->flags);
 		pairwise_error = false;