diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c
index 010786ac000d..0de0626a2803 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/passwdobj-attributes.c
@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ static int hp_populate_password_elements_from_package(union acpi_object *passwor
 		case PSWD_ENCODINGS:
 			size = min_t(u32, password_data->encodings_size, MAX_ENCODINGS_SIZE);
 			for (pos_values = 0; pos_values < size; pos_values++) {
+				if (elem + pos_values >= password_obj_count) {
+					pr_err("Error elem-objects package is too small\n");
+					return -EINVAL;
+				}
+
 				ret = hp_convert_hexstr_to_str(password_obj[elem + pos_values].string.pointer,
 							       password_obj[elem + pos_values].string.length,
 							       &str_value, &value_len);