diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
index ddfc56f0253d..268f294528e6 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -464,8 +464,11 @@ static void update_current_network(struct adapter *adapter, struct wlan_bssid_ex
 
 	if (check_fwstate(pmlmepriv, _FW_LINKED) && (is_same_network(&pmlmepriv->cur_network.network, pnetwork, 0))) {
 		update_network(&pmlmepriv->cur_network.network, pnetwork, adapter, true);
+		if (pmlmepriv->cur_network.network.ie_length < sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie))
+			return;
+
 		rtw_update_protection(adapter, (pmlmepriv->cur_network.network.ies) + sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie),
-								pmlmepriv->cur_network.network.ie_length);
+								pmlmepriv->cur_network.network.ie_length - sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie));
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1072,8 +1075,11 @@ static void rtw_joinbss_update_network(struct adapter *padapter, struct wlan_net
 			break;
 	}
 
+	if (cur_network->network.ie_length < sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie))
+		return;
+
 	rtw_update_protection(padapter, (cur_network->network.ies) + sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie),
-									(cur_network->network.ie_length));
+									(cur_network->network.ie_length - sizeof(struct ndis_802_11_fix_ie)));
 
 	rtw_update_ht_cap(padapter, cur_network->network.ies, cur_network->network.ie_length, (u8) cur_network->network.configuration.ds_config);
 }