diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
index fb88b3495089..d1b8eb2edcb7 100644
--- a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ static int lz4_uncompress(const char *source, char *dest, int osize)
 			len = *ip++;
 			for (; len == 255; length += 255)
 				len = *ip++;
+			if (unlikely(length > (size_t)(length + len)))
+				goto _output_error;
 			length += len;
 		}