diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c
index 03d7f3d702b3..7826f229957d 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c
@@ -411,6 +411,12 @@ static int q6v5_load(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 {
 	struct q6v5 *qproc = rproc->priv;
 
+	/* MBA is restricted to a maximum size of 1M */
+	if (fw->size > qproc->mba_size || fw->size > SZ_1M) {
+		dev_err(qproc->dev, "MBA firmware load failed\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	memcpy(qproc->mba_region, fw->data, fw->size);
 
 	return 0;