diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c
index c72e656e7e29..094dcc3203b8 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/pci-epc-core.c
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ int pci_epc_set_msi(struct pci_epc *epc, u8 func_no, u8 interrupts)
 	u8 encode_int;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(epc) || func_no >= epc->max_functions)
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(epc) || func_no >= epc->max_functions ||
+	    interrupts > 32)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!epc->ops->set_msi)