diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
index 7daae96ac94a..11be7e0838ea 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme_ext.c
@@ -1425,7 +1425,11 @@ unsigned int OnAssocRsp(struct adapter *padapter, union recv_frame *precv_frame)
 	/* to handle HT, WMM, rate adaptive, update MAC reg */
 	/* for not to handle the synchronous IO in the tasklet */
 	for (i = (6 + WLAN_HDR_A3_LEN); i < pkt_len;) {
+		if (i + sizeof(*pIE) > pkt_len)
+			break;
 		pIE = (struct ndis_80211_var_ie *)(pframe + i);
+		if (i + sizeof(*pIE) + pIE->length > pkt_len)
+			break;
 
 		switch (pIE->element_id) {
 		case WLAN_EID_VENDOR_SPECIFIC: