diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index b3c5a5f0..6008fa9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	if (heap > 0x3fffffffffffUL)
 		error("Destination address too large");
+	if (virt_addr + max(output_len, kernel_total_size) > KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE)
+		error("Destination virtual address is beyond the kernel mapping area");
 #else
 	if (heap > ((-__PAGE_OFFSET-(128<<20)-1) & 0x7fffffff))
 		error("Destination address too large");