diff --git a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
index 5b10a5d6e2d176..2e021ba8ff052e 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
@@ -283,17 +283,21 @@ static int i2c_hid_set_or_send_report(struct i2c_client *client, u8 reportType,
 	u16 dataRegister = le16_to_cpu(ihid->hdesc.wDataRegister);
 	u16 outputRegister = le16_to_cpu(ihid->hdesc.wOutputRegister);
 	u16 maxOutputLength = le16_to_cpu(ihid->hdesc.wMaxOutputLength);
+	u16 size;
+	int args_len;
+	int index = 0;
+
+	i2c_hid_dbg(ihid, "%s\n", __func__);
+
+	if (data_len > ihid->bufsize)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* hid_hw_* already checked that data_len < HID_MAX_BUFFER_SIZE */
-	u16 size =	2			/* size */ +
+	size =		2			/* size */ +
 			(reportID ? 1 : 0)	/* reportID */ +
 			data_len		/* buf */;
-	int args_len =	(reportID >= 0x0F ? 1 : 0) /* optional third byte */ +
+	args_len =	(reportID >= 0x0F ? 1 : 0) /* optional third byte */ +
 			2			/* dataRegister */ +
 			size			/* args */;
-	int index = 0;
-
-	i2c_hid_dbg(ihid, "%s\n", __func__);
 
 	if (!use_data && maxOutputLength == 0)
 		return -ENOSYS;