diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
index 478885afb6c6..be3be7a63cf0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_ioctl.c
@@ -271,6 +271,14 @@ static int mwifiex_process_country_ie(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 			    "11D: skip setting domain info in FW\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
+
+	if (country_ie_len >
+	    (IEEE80211_COUNTRY_STRING_LEN + MWIFIEX_MAX_TRIPLET_802_11D)) {
+		mwifiex_dbg(priv->adapter, ERROR,
+			    "11D: country_ie_len overflow!, deauth AP\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	memcpy(priv->adapter->country_code, &country_ie[2], 2);
 
 	domain_info->country_code[0] = country_ie[2];
@@ -314,8 +322,9 @@ int mwifiex_bss_start(struct mwifiex_private *priv, struct cfg80211_bss *bss,
 	priv->scan_block = false;
 
 	if (bss) {
-		if (adapter->region_code == 0x00)
-			mwifiex_process_country_ie(priv, bss);
+		if (adapter->region_code == 0x00 &&
+		    mwifiex_process_country_ie(priv, bss))
+			return -EINVAL;
 
 		/* Allocate and fill new bss descriptor */
 		bss_desc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mwifiex_bssdescriptor),