diff --git a/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c b/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
index 423549d2c52e..4ea7fb0ca1ad 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ static void *trie_lookup_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *_key)
 	struct lpm_trie_node *node, *found = NULL;
 	struct bpf_lpm_trie_key *key = _key;
 
+	if (key->prefixlen > trie->max_prefixlen)
+		return NULL;
+
 	/* Start walking the trie from the root node ... */
 
 	for (node = rcu_dereference_check(trie->root, rcu_read_lock_bh_held());