diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
index 1e03acf30762..b516fd1867ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/rxmq.c
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ static inline int iwl_mvm_check_pn(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct sk_buff *skb,
 }
 
 /* iwl_mvm_create_skb Adds the rxb to a new skb */
-static void iwl_mvm_create_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr,
-			       u16 len, u8 crypt_len,
-			       struct iwl_rx_cmd_buffer *rxb)
+static int iwl_mvm_create_skb(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct sk_buff *skb,
+			      struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr, u16 len, u8 crypt_len,
+			      struct iwl_rx_cmd_buffer *rxb)
 {
 	struct iwl_rx_packet *pkt = rxb_addr(rxb);
 	struct iwl_rx_mpdu_desc *desc = (void *)pkt->data;
@@ -204,6 +204,20 @@ static void iwl_mvm_create_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr,
 	 * present before copying packet data.
 	 */
 	hdrlen += crypt_len;
+
+	if (WARN_ONCE(headlen < hdrlen,
+		      "invalid packet lengths (hdrlen=%d, len=%d, crypt_len=%d)\n",
+		      hdrlen, len, crypt_len)) {
+		/*
+		 * We warn and trace because we want to be able to see
+		 * it in trace-cmd as well.
+		 */
+		IWL_DEBUG_RX(mvm,
+			     "invalid packet lengths (hdrlen=%d, len=%d, crypt_len=%d)\n",
+			     hdrlen, len, crypt_len);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	skb_put_data(skb, hdr, hdrlen);
 	skb_put_data(skb, (u8 *)hdr + hdrlen + pad_len, headlen - hdrlen);
 
@@ -216,6 +230,8 @@ static void iwl_mvm_create_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr,
 		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, 0, rxb_steal_page(rxb), offset,
 				fraglen, rxb->truesize);
 	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void iwl_mvm_add_rtap_sniffer_config(struct iwl_mvm *mvm,
@@ -1671,7 +1687,11 @@ void iwl_mvm_rx_mpdu_mq(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct napi_struct *napi,
 			rx_status->boottime_ns = ktime_get_boot_ns();
 	}
 
-	iwl_mvm_create_skb(skb, hdr, len, crypt_len, rxb);
+	if (iwl_mvm_create_skb(mvm, skb, hdr, len, crypt_len, rxb)) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (!iwl_mvm_reorder(mvm, napi, queue, sta, skb, desc))
 		iwl_mvm_pass_packet_to_mac80211(mvm, napi, skb, queue,
 						sta, csi);