diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/debugfs_htt_stats.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/debugfs_htt_stats.c
index f1b7e74aefe4..6f2e7ecc66af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/debugfs_htt_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/debugfs_htt_stats.c
@@ -1646,6 +1646,9 @@ static ssize_t ath12k_write_htt_stats_type(struct file *file,
 	const int size = 32;
 	int num_args;
 
+	if (count > size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	char *buf __free(kfree) = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;