diff --git a/drivers/staging/prima/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c b/drivers/staging/prima/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c
index 6b141add087..99e0fb7b3ce 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/prima/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/prima/CORE/HDD/src/wlan_hdd_wext.c
@@ -3859,6 +3859,9 @@ static void parse_Bufferforpkt(tSirpkt80211 *pkt, u8 *pBuffer, u16 len)
     length += getByte(&temp) << 8;
     hddLog(VOS_TRACE_LEVEL_INFO,"Payload length : %d", length);
 
+    if (length >= WLAN_DISA_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE)
+        length = WLAN_DISA_MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE;
+
     pkt->data.length = length;
 
     for (i = 0; i< length; i++) {