diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2file.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2file.c
index f35b6488d810..fb2fccbe8667 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/smb2file.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2file.c
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ static struct smb2_symlink_err_rsp *symlink_data(const struct kvec *iov)
 			cifs_dbg(FYI, "%s: skipping unhandled error context: 0x%x\n",
 				 __func__, le32_to_cpu(p->ErrorId));
 
-			len = ALIGN(le32_to_cpu(p->ErrorDataLength), 8);
+			len = le32_to_cpu(p->ErrorDataLength);
+			if (len > end - ((u8 *)p + sizeof(*p)))
+				return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+			len = ALIGN(len, 8);
 			if (len > end - ((u8 *)p + sizeof(*p)))
 				return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);