diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index ecb0380158f9..f80e911b8843 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -1100,6 +1100,39 @@ int mtd_panic_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len, size_t *retlen,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_panic_write);
 
+static int mtd_check_oob_ops(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t offs,
+			     struct mtd_oob_ops *ops)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Some users are setting ->datbuf or ->oobbuf to NULL, but are leaving
+	 * ->len or ->ooblen uninitialized. Force ->len and ->ooblen to 0 in
+	 *  this case.
+	 */
+	if (!ops->datbuf)
+		ops->len = 0;
+
+	if (!ops->oobbuf)
+		ops->ooblen = 0;
+
+	if (offs < 0 || offs + ops->len >= mtd->size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (ops->ooblen) {
+		u64 maxooblen;
+
+		if (ops->ooboffs >= mtd_oobavail(mtd, ops))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		maxooblen = ((mtd_div_by_ws(mtd->size, mtd) -
+			      mtd_div_by_ws(offs, mtd)) *
+			     mtd_oobavail(mtd, ops)) - ops->ooboffs;
+		if (ops->ooblen > maxooblen)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int mtd_read_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, struct mtd_oob_ops *ops)
 {
 	int ret_code;
@@ -1107,6 +1140,10 @@ int mtd_read_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, struct mtd_oob_ops *ops)
 	if (!mtd->_read_oob)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	ret_code = mtd_check_oob_ops(mtd, from, ops);
+	if (ret_code)
+		return ret_code;
+
 	ledtrig_mtd_activity();
 	/*
 	 * In cases where ops->datbuf != NULL, mtd->_read_oob() has semantics
@@ -1126,11 +1163,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_read_oob);
 int mtd_write_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to,
 				struct mtd_oob_ops *ops)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	ops->retlen = ops->oobretlen = 0;
 	if (!mtd->_write_oob)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	if (!(mtd->flags & MTD_WRITEABLE))
 		return -EROFS;
+
+	ret = mtd_check_oob_ops(mtd, to, ops);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ledtrig_mtd_activity();
 	return mtd->_write_oob(mtd, to, ops);
 }