diff --git a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
index 61e95029c18f..c9399e81c505 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
@@ -366,9 +366,13 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 	if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_MASK])
 		cp->mask = nla_get_u16(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_MASK]);
 
-	if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT])
+	if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT]) {
 		cp->shift = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT]);
-
+		if (cp->shift > 16) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto errout;
+		}
+	}
 	if (!cp->hash) {
 		/* Hash not specified, use perfect hash if the upper limit
 		 * of the hashing index is below the threshold.