diff --git a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c
index 7640498..110eca9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c
@@ -2388,7 +2388,8 @@
 	}
 	case ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER: {
 		unsigned char *ver_addr;
-		int32_t user_len, cnt2end;
+		uint32_t user_len;
+		int32_t cnt2end;
 		uint8_t *pQbuffer, *ptmpuserbuffer;
 		ver_addr = kmalloc(ARCMSR_API_DATA_BUFLEN, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!ver_addr) {
@@ -2397,6 +2398,11 @@
 		}
 		ptmpuserbuffer = ver_addr;
 		user_len = pcmdmessagefld->cmdmessage.Length;
+		if (user_len > ARCMSR_API_DATA_BUFLEN) {
+			retvalue = ARCMSR_MESSAGE_FAIL;
+			kfree(ver_addr);
+			goto message_out;
+		}
 		memcpy(ptmpuserbuffer,
 			pcmdmessagefld->messagedatabuffer, user_len);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&acb->wqbuffer_lock, flags);