diff --git a/net/rds/send.c b/net/rds/send.c
index e5d58c29aabe..68be1bf0e0ad 100644
--- a/net/rds/send.c
+++ b/net/rds/send.c
@@ -967,6 +967,8 @@ static int rds_rm_size(struct msghdr *msg, int num_sgs,
 
 		switch (cmsg->cmsg_type) {
 		case RDS_CMSG_RDMA_ARGS:
+			if (cmsg->cmsg_len < CMSG_LEN(sizeof(struct rds_rdma_args)))
+				return -EINVAL;
 			if (vct->indx >= vct->len) {
 				vct->len += vct->incr;
 				tmp_iov =