diff --git a/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c b/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
index 0b1e4b3..13c8e65 100644
--- a/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
+++ b/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
@@ -1175,7 +1175,10 @@
 				      "alias for %d\n",
 				      header->number,
 				      header->hdr.a.OriginalSample);
-    
+
+	if (header->number >= WF_MAX_SAMPLE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	munge_int32 (header->number, &alias_hdr[0], 2);
 	munge_int32 (header->hdr.a.OriginalSample, &alias_hdr[2], 2);
 	munge_int32 (*((unsigned int *)&header->hdr.a.sampleStartOffset),
@@ -1206,6 +1209,9 @@
 	int num_samples;
 	unsigned char *msample_hdr;
 
+	if (header->number >= WF_MAX_SAMPLE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	msample_hdr = kmalloc(WF_MSAMPLE_BYTES, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (! msample_hdr)
 		return -ENOMEM;