diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ioctl.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ioctl.c
index e1da8fc9dd2f..639abeee3392 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-ioctl.c
@@ -2226,6 +2226,10 @@ static int check_array_args(unsigned int cmd, void *parg, size_t *array_size,
 		struct v4l2_ext_controls *ctrls = parg;
 
 		if (ctrls->count != 0) {
+			if (ctrls->count > V4L2_CID_MAX_CTRLS) {
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+				break;
+			}
 			*user_ptr = (void __user *)ctrls->controls;
 			*kernel_ptr = (void *)&ctrls->controls;
 			*array_size = sizeof(struct v4l2_ext_control)
diff --git a/include/linux/videodev2.h b/include/linux/videodev2.h
index 6bfaa767a817..b2e1331ca76b 100644
--- a/include/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -1132,6 +1132,7 @@ struct v4l2_querymenu {
 #define V4L2_CTRL_FLAG_NEXT_CTRL	0x80000000
 
 /*  User-class control IDs defined by V4L2 */
+#define V4L2_CID_MAX_CTRLS		1024
 #define V4L2_CID_BASE			(V4L2_CTRL_CLASS_USER | 0x900)
 #define V4L2_CID_USER_BASE 		V4L2_CID_BASE
 /*  IDs reserved for driver specific controls */