diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c
index 1ee432c223e2..0c4d60aa00ab 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c
@@ -1071,6 +1071,12 @@ static int __init fake_init(void)
 	struct vme_slave_resource *slave_image;
 	struct vme_lm_resource *lm;
 
+	if (geoid < 0 || geoid >= VME_MAX_SLOTS) {
+		pr_err("VME geographical address must be between 0 and %d (exclusive), but got %d\n",
+			VME_MAX_SLOTS, geoid);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* We need a fake parent device */
 	vme_root = __root_device_register("vme", THIS_MODULE);
 	if (IS_ERR(vme_root))
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_tsi148.c b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_tsi148.c
index 0171f46d1848..0e649c8b259d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_tsi148.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_tsi148.c
@@ -2261,6 +2261,12 @@ static int tsi148_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	struct vme_dma_resource *dma_ctrlr;
 	struct vme_lm_resource *lm;
 
+	if (geoid < 0 || geoid >= VME_MAX_SLOTS) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "VME geographical address must be between 0 and %d (exclusive), but got %d\n",
+			VME_MAX_SLOTS, geoid);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* If we want to support more than one of each bridge, we need to
 	 * dynamically generate this so we get one per device
 	 */