diff --git a/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt b/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt
index 3870f280280b..855d8da57a23 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/udplite.txt
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         getsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_NO_CHECK, &value, ...);
 
   is meaningless (as in TCP). Packets with a zero checksum field are
-  illegal (cf. RFC 3828, sec. 3.1) will be silently discarded.
+  illegal (cf. RFC 3828, sec. 3.1) and will be silently discarded.
 
   4) Fragmentation
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index a751770947a3..383d17359d01 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -1325,6 +1325,8 @@ int udp_lib_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 			return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 		if (val != 0 && val < 8) /* Illegal coverage: use default (8) */
 			val = 8;
+		else if (val > USHORT_MAX)
+			val = USHORT_MAX;
 		up->pcslen = val;
 		up->pcflag |= UDPLITE_SEND_CC;
 		break;
@@ -1337,6 +1339,8 @@ int udp_lib_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 			return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 		if (val != 0 && val < 8) /* Avoid silly minimal values.       */
 			val = 8;
+		else if (val > USHORT_MAX)
+			val = USHORT_MAX;
 		up->pcrlen = val;
 		up->pcflag |= UDPLITE_RECV_CC;
 		break;