diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
index 793b05ec692be6ce89f3dc437d9dc4cb8281929d..d01475f5f710667a40b56b7fff2a939e0a37e59e 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c
@@ -1380,9 +1380,14 @@ static struct sctp_chunk *_sctp_make_chunk(const struct sctp_association *asoc,
 	struct sctp_chunk *retval;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct sock *sk;
+	int chunklen;
+
+	chunklen = SCTP_PAD4(sizeof(*chunk_hdr) + paylen);
+	if (chunklen > SCTP_MAX_CHUNK_LEN)
+		goto nodata;
 
 	/* No need to allocate LL here, as this is only a chunk. */
-	skb = alloc_skb(SCTP_PAD4(sizeof(*chunk_hdr) + paylen), gfp);
+	skb = alloc_skb(chunklen, gfp);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto nodata;