diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
index aee3b4c56dcc..612969867ff9 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c
@@ -3099,6 +3099,12 @@ int dlm_migrate_request_handler(struct o2net_msg *msg, u32 len, void *data,
 
 	name = migrate->name;
 	namelen = migrate->namelen;
+	if (namelen > DLM_LOCKID_NAME_MAX) {
+		mlog(ML_ERROR, "%s: invalid name length %u in migrate request\n",
+		     dlm->name, namelen);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto leave;
+	}
 	hash = dlm_lockid_hash(name, namelen);
 
 	/* preallocate.. if this fails, abort */