diff --git a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
index 30594bfa5fb1..2bbb41822d8e 100644
--- a/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
+++ b/security/selinux/nlmsgtab.c
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ int selinux_nlmsg_lookup(u16 sclass, u16 nlmsg_type, u32 *perm)
 
 	switch (sclass) {
 	case SECCLASS_NETLINK_ROUTE_SOCKET:
+		/* RTM_MAX always point to RTM_SETxxxx, ie RTM_NEWxxx + 3 */
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(RTM_MAX != (RTM_NEWNSID + 3));
 		err = nlmsg_perm(nlmsg_type, perm, nlmsg_route_perms,
 				 sizeof(nlmsg_route_perms));
 		break;
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ int selinux_nlmsg_lookup(u16 sclass, u16 nlmsg_type, u32 *perm)
 		break;
 
 	case SECCLASS_NETLINK_XFRM_SOCKET:
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(XFRM_MSG_MAX != XFRM_MSG_MAPPING);
 		err = nlmsg_perm(nlmsg_type, perm, nlmsg_xfrm_perms,
 				 sizeof(nlmsg_xfrm_perms));
 		break;