diff --git a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7124.c b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7124.c
index 7314fb32bdec..7b749df9eeed 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/adc/ad7124.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/adc/ad7124.c
@@ -821,6 +821,16 @@ static int ad7124_parse_channel_config(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 	if (!st->num_channels)
 		return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENODEV, "no channel children\n");
 
+	/*
+	 * The driver assigns each logical channel defined in the device tree
+	 * statically one channel register. So only accept 16 such logical
+	 * channels to not treat CONFIG_0 (i.e. the register following
+	 * CHANNEL_15) as an additional channel register. The driver could be
+	 * improved to lift this limitation.
+	 */
+	if (st->num_channels > AD7124_MAX_CHANNELS)
+		return dev_err_probe(dev, -EINVAL, "Too many channels defined\n");
+
 	chan = devm_kcalloc(indio_dev->dev.parent, st->num_channels,
 			    sizeof(*chan), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!chan)