diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 7559d6835ecb..7a54dc11ac2d 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -4112,10 +4112,12 @@ BPF_CALL_5(bpf_setsockopt, struct bpf_sock_ops_kern *, bpf_sock,
 		/* Only some socketops are supported */
 		switch (optname) {
 		case SO_RCVBUF:
+			val = min_t(u32, val, sysctl_rmem_max);
 			sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_RCVBUF_LOCK;
 			sk->sk_rcvbuf = max_t(int, val * 2, SOCK_MIN_RCVBUF);
 			break;
 		case SO_SNDBUF:
+			val = min_t(u32, val, sysctl_wmem_max);
 			sk->sk_userlocks |= SOCK_SNDBUF_LOCK;
 			sk->sk_sndbuf = max_t(int, val * 2, SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF);
 			break;