diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
index 621b81c7bddc..c3fc14e021ec 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_sip.c
@@ -1436,9 +1436,12 @@ static int process_sip_request(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int protoff,
 		handler = &sip_handlers[i];
 		if (handler->request == NULL)
 			continue;
-		if (*datalen < handler->len ||
+		if (*datalen < handler->len + 2 ||
 		    strncasecmp(*dptr, handler->method, handler->len))
 			continue;
+		if ((*dptr)[handler->len] != ' ' ||
+		    !isalpha((*dptr)[handler->len+1]))
+			continue;
 
 		if (ct_sip_get_header(ct, *dptr, 0, *datalen, SIP_HDR_CSEQ,
 				      &matchoff, &matchlen) <= 0) {