diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c
index 4ad8da15ef2b..af0aaebf4de6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_oabi_semtimedop(int semid,
 	long err;
 	int i;
 
-	if (nsops < 1)
+	if (nsops < 1 || nsops > SEMOPM)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	sops = kmalloc(sizeof(*sops) * nsops, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!sops)