diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
index 5db56a74e7df..b8aec5e5ef93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c
@@ -4527,7 +4527,7 @@ brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *ndev,
 				(u8 *)&settings->beacon.head[ie_offset],
 				settings->beacon.head_len - ie_offset,
 				WLAN_EID_SSID);
-		if (!ssid_ie)
+		if (!ssid_ie || ssid_ie->len > IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		memcpy(ssid_le.SSID, ssid_ie->data, ssid_ie->len);