diff --git a/io_uring/net.c b/io_uring/net.c
index b1bf7dbec5d2..eeab88e77fd8 100644
--- a/io_uring/net.c
+++ b/io_uring/net.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,8 @@ static int io_recv_buf_select(struct io_kiocb *req, struct io_async_msghdr *kmsg
 		*sel = io_buffer_select(req, &len, sr->buf_group, issue_flags);
 		if (!sel->addr)
 			return -ENOBUFS;
+		/* ring provided buffers can be up to 4G, keep len an int */
+		len = min_t(size_t, len, MAX_RW_COUNT);
 		sr->buf = sel->addr;
 		sr->len = len;
 map_ubuf: