diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index 84dde5a2066e..16014ad19406 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1426,6 +1426,7 @@ static int dcbnl_ieee_set(struct net_device *netdev, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 {
 	const struct dcbnl_rtnl_ops *ops = netdev->dcbnl_ops;
 	struct nlattr *ieee[DCB_ATTR_IEEE_MAX + 1];
+	int prio;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!ops)
@@ -1475,6 +1476,13 @@ static int dcbnl_ieee_set(struct net_device *netdev, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		struct dcbnl_buffer *buffer =
 			nla_data(ieee[DCB_ATTR_DCB_BUFFER]);
 
+		for (prio = 0; prio < ARRAY_SIZE(buffer->prio2buffer); prio++) {
+			if (buffer->prio2buffer[prio] >= DCBX_MAX_BUFFERS) {
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto err;
+			}
+		}
+
 		err = ops->dcbnl_setbuffer(netdev, buffer);
 		if (err)
 			goto err;