diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index 0a0f27836d57..ca1d29daf019 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -11232,6 +11232,9 @@ static void ieee80211_ml_epcs(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		control = get_unaligned_le16(pos);
 		link_id = control & IEEE80211_MLE_STA_EPCS_CONTROL_LINK_ID;
 
+		if (link_id >= IEEE80211_MLD_MAX_NUM_LINKS)
+			continue;
+
 		link = sdata_dereference(sdata->link[link_id], sdata);
 		if (!link)
 			continue;