diff --git a/net/ceph/cls_lock_client.c b/net/ceph/cls_lock_client.c
index 377336982f7d..2c8fefc1a721 100644
--- a/net/ceph/cls_lock_client.c
+++ b/net/ceph/cls_lock_client.c
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ static int decode_locker(void **p, void *end, struct ceph_locker *locker)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ceph_decode_copy(p, &locker->id.name, sizeof(locker->id.name));
+	ceph_decode_copy_safe(p, end, &locker->id.name,
+			      sizeof(locker->id.name), bad);
 	s = ceph_extract_encoded_string(p, end, NULL, GFP_NOIO);
 	if (IS_ERR(s))
 		return PTR_ERR(s);
@@ -270,19 +271,23 @@ static int decode_locker(void **p, void *end, struct ceph_locker *locker)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	*p += sizeof(struct ceph_timespec); /* skip expiration */
+	/* skip expiration */
+	ceph_decode_skip_n(p, end, sizeof(struct ceph_timespec), bad);
 
 	ret = ceph_decode_entity_addr(p, end, &locker->info.addr);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	len = ceph_decode_32(p);
-	*p += len; /* skip description */
+	/* skip description */
+	ceph_decode_skip_string(p, end, bad);
 
 	dout("%s %s%llu cookie %s addr %s\n", __func__,
 	     ENTITY_NAME(locker->id.name), locker->id.cookie,
 	     ceph_pr_addr(&locker->info.addr));
 	return 0;
+
+bad:
+	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 static int decode_lockers(void **p, void *end, u8 *type, char **tag,