diff --git a/dsp/q6usm.c b/dsp/q6usm.c
index 1ed74a9..01e5f84 100644
--- a/dsp/q6usm.c
+++ b/dsp/q6usm.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2012-2017, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2012-2017, 2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -502,6 +502,11 @@
 	uint32_t token;
 	uint32_t *payload = data->payload;
 
+	if (data->payload_size < (2 * sizeof(uint32_t))) {
+		pr_err("%s: payload has invalid size[%d]\n", __func__,
+		       data->payload_size);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	pr_debug("%s: ptr0[0x%x]; ptr1[0x%x]; opcode[0x%x]\n",
 		 __func__, payload[0], payload[1], data->opcode);
 	pr_debug("%s: token[0x%x]; payload_size[%d]; src[%d]; dest[%d];\n",