diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
index d1b8eb2edcb7..6324d6d6d869 100644
--- a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ static int lz4_uncompress(const char *source, char *dest, int osize)
 		if (length == ML_MASK) {
 			for (; *ip == 255; length += 255)
 				ip++;
+			if (unlikely(length > (size_t)(length + *ip)))
+				goto _output_error;
 			length += *ip++;
 		}
 
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ static int lz4_uncompress(const char *source, char *dest, int osize)
 
 	/* write overflow error detected */
 _output_error:
-	return (int) (-(((char *)ip) - source));
+	return -1;
 }
 
 static int lz4_uncompress_unknownoutputsize(const char *source, char *dest,