diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index d959b154de4f..9ae8986bae48 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -4309,7 +4309,9 @@ static inline int __ata_scsi_queuecmd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd,
 		if (likely((scsi_op != ATA_16) || !atapi_passthru16)) {
 			/* relay SCSI command to ATAPI device */
 			int len = COMMAND_SIZE(scsi_op);
-			if (unlikely(len > scmd->cmd_len || len > dev->cdb_len))
+			if (unlikely(len > scmd->cmd_len ||
+				     len > dev->cdb_len ||
+				     scmd->cmd_len > ATAPI_CDB_LEN))
 				goto bad_cdb_len;
 
 			xlat_func = atapi_xlat;