diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c b/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
index 6df77f008d3fa..fdeb0b34a3d39 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback_xdr.c
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@ static __be32 decode_rc_list(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 
 	rc_list->rcl_nrefcalls = ntohl(*p++);
 	if (rc_list->rcl_nrefcalls) {
+		if (unlikely(rc_list->rcl_nrefcalls > xdr->buf->len))
+			goto out;
 		p = xdr_inline_decode(xdr,
 			     rc_list->rcl_nrefcalls * 2 * sizeof(uint32_t));
 		if (unlikely(p == NULL))