diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c
index 2c3c8b32190f..10061b218758 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/rtrs/rtrs-srv.c
@@ -224,8 +224,9 @@ static int rdma_write_sg(struct rtrs_srv_op *id)
 	/* WR will fail with length error
 	 * if this is 0
 	 */
-	if (plist->length == 0) {
-		rtrs_err(s, "Invalid RDMA-Write sg list length 0\n");
+	if (plist->length == 0 || plist->length > max_chunk_size) {
+		rtrs_err(s, "Invalid RDMA-Write sg list length %u\n",
+			 plist->length);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}