diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6655/wpactl.c b/drivers/staging/vt6655/wpactl.c
index 0142338b..4bdb836 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vt6655/wpactl.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vt6655/wpactl.c
@@ -766,9 +766,14 @@
     DBG_PRT(MSG_LEVEL_DEBUG, KERN_INFO "wpa_ie_len = %d\n", param->u.wpa_associate.wpa_ie_len);
 
 
-	if (param->u.wpa_associate.wpa_ie &&
-	    copy_from_user(&abyWPAIE[0], param->u.wpa_associate.wpa_ie, param->u.wpa_associate.wpa_ie_len))
-	    return -EINVAL;
+	if (param->u.wpa_associate.wpa_ie_len) {
+		if (!param->u.wpa_associate.wpa_ie)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (param->u.wpa_associate.wpa_ie_len > sizeof(abyWPAIE))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (copy_from_user(&abyWPAIE[0], param->u.wpa_associate.wpa_ie, param->u.wpa_associate.wpa_ie_len))
+			return -EFAULT;
+	}
 
 	if (param->u.wpa_associate.mode == 1)
 	    pMgmt->eConfigMode = WMAC_CONFIG_IBSS_STA;