diff --git a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6adm.c b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6adm.c
index 5f20b81d8c02..a9d23e75ee15 100644
--- a/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6adm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/msm/qdsp6v2/q6adm.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2012-2016, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2012-2014, 2016, 2017 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -969,9 +969,10 @@ int adm_get_params_v2(int port_id, int copp_idx, uint32_t module_id,
 		      char *params, uint32_t client_id)
 {
 	struct adm_cmd_get_pp_params_v5 *adm_params = NULL;
-	int sz, rc = 0, i = 0;
+	int rc = 0, i = 0;
 	int port_idx, idx;
 	int *params_data = (int *)params;
+	uint64_t sz = 0;
 
 	port_id = afe_convert_virtual_to_portid(port_id);
 	port_idx = adm_validate_and_get_port_index(port_id);
@@ -980,7 +981,16 @@ int adm_get_params_v2(int port_id, int copp_idx, uint32_t module_id,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	sz = sizeof(struct adm_cmd_get_pp_params_v5) + params_length;
+	sz = (uint64_t)sizeof(struct adm_cmd_get_pp_params_v5) +
+				(uint64_t)params_length;
+	/*
+	 * Check if the value of "sz" (which is ultimately assigned to
+	 * "hdr.pkt_size") crosses U16_MAX.
+	 */
+	if (sz > U16_MAX) {
+		pr_err("%s: Invalid params_length\n", __func__);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	adm_params = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!adm_params) {
 		pr_err("%s: adm params memory alloc failed", __func__);