diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
index c3eb668c3994..08b01d93b86c 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb.c
@@ -2671,7 +2671,9 @@ static int btusb_setup_realtek(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 
 static int btusb_recv_event_realtek(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if (skb->data[0] == HCI_VENDOR_PKT && skb->data[2] == RTK_SUB_EVENT_CODE_COREDUMP) {
+	if (skb->len >= HCI_EVENT_HDR_SIZE + 1 &&
+	    skb->data[0] == HCI_VENDOR_PKT &&
+	    skb->data[2] == RTK_SUB_EVENT_CODE_COREDUMP) {
 		struct rtk_dev_coredump_hdr hdr = {
 			.code = RTK_DEVCOREDUMP_CODE_MEMDUMP,
 		};