diff --git a/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c b/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c
index 43309ff2b5dc..e4fc6b2bc29d 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_tunnel_key.c
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ static int tunnel_key_copy_opts(const struct nlattr *nla, u8 *dst,
 			if (opt_len < 0)
 				return opt_len;
 			opts_len += opt_len;
+			if (opts_len > IP_TUNNEL_OPTS_MAX) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Tunnel options exceeds max size");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
 			if (dst) {
 				dst_len -= opt_len;
 				dst += opt_len;