diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c b/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
index 88e1af0fda01..b1bc2c02b5a6 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ __be32 decode_devicenotify_args(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 	if (n == 0)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* sanity check the count against the remaining stream */
+	if (n > xdr_stream_remaining(xdr) /
+		((4 * sizeof(uint32_t)) + NFS4_DEVICEID4_SIZE)) {
+		status = htonl(NFS4ERR_BADXDR);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	args->devs = kmalloc_objs(*args->devs, n);
 	if (!args->devs) {
 		status = htonl(NFS4ERR_DELAY);