diff --git a/drivers/media/tuners/tda18218.c b/drivers/media/tuners/tda18218.c
index 2d31aeb..9300e93 100644
--- a/drivers/media/tuners/tda18218.c
+++ b/drivers/media/tuners/tda18218.c
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
 
 #include "tda18218_priv.h"
 
+/* Max transfer size done by I2C transfer functions */
+#define MAX_XFER_SIZE  64
+
 /* write multiple registers */
 static int tda18218_wr_regs(struct tda18218_priv *priv, u8 reg, u8 *val, u8 len)
 {
 	int ret = 0, len2, remaining;
-	u8 buf[1 + len];
+	u8 buf[MAX_XFER_SIZE];
 	struct i2c_msg msg[1] = {
 		{
 			.addr = priv->cfg->i2c_address,
@@ -33,6 +36,13 @@
 		}
 	};
 
+	if (1 + len > sizeof(buf)) {
+		dev_warn(&priv->i2c->dev,
+			 "%s: i2c wr reg=%04x: len=%d is too big!\n",
+			 KBUILD_MODNAME, reg, len);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	for (remaining = len; remaining > 0;
 			remaining -= (priv->cfg->i2c_wr_max - 1)) {
 		len2 = remaining;
@@ -63,7 +73,7 @@
 static int tda18218_rd_regs(struct tda18218_priv *priv, u8 reg, u8 *val, u8 len)
 {
 	int ret;
-	u8 buf[reg+len]; /* we must start read always from reg 0x00 */
+	u8 buf[MAX_XFER_SIZE]; /* we must start read always from reg 0x00 */
 	struct i2c_msg msg[2] = {
 		{
 			.addr = priv->cfg->i2c_address,
@@ -73,11 +83,18 @@
 		}, {
 			.addr = priv->cfg->i2c_address,
 			.flags = I2C_M_RD,
-			.len = sizeof(buf),
+			.len = reg + len,
 			.buf = buf,
 		}
 	};
 
+	if (reg + len > sizeof(buf)) {
+		dev_warn(&priv->i2c->dev,
+			 "%s: i2c wr reg=%04x: len=%d is too big!\n",
+			 KBUILD_MODNAME, reg, len);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	ret = i2c_transfer(priv->i2c, msg, 2);
 	if (ret == 2) {
 		memcpy(val, &buf[reg], len);