diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 391ac0503dc0..76d0f9de767b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -1786,6 +1786,21 @@ nothing_to_do:
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static bool ata_check_nblocks(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, u32 n_blocks)
+{
+	struct request *rq = scmd->request;
+	u32 req_blocks;
+
+	if (!blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq))
+		return true;
+
+	req_blocks = blk_rq_bytes(rq) / scmd->device->sector_size;
+	if (n_blocks > req_blocks)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /**
  *	ata_scsi_rw_xlat - Translate SCSI r/w command into an ATA one
  *	@qc: Storage for translated ATA taskfile
@@ -1830,6 +1845,8 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsi_rw_xlat(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		scsi_10_lba_len(cdb, &block, &n_block);
 		if (cdb[1] & (1 << 3))
 			tf_flags |= ATA_TFLAG_FUA;
+		if (!ata_check_nblocks(scmd, n_block))
+			goto invalid_fld;
 		break;
 	case READ_6:
 	case WRITE_6:
@@ -1844,6 +1861,8 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsi_rw_xlat(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		 */
 		if (!n_block)
 			n_block = 256;
+		if (!ata_check_nblocks(scmd, n_block))
+			goto invalid_fld;
 		break;
 	case READ_16:
 	case WRITE_16:
@@ -1854,6 +1873,8 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsi_rw_xlat(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		scsi_16_lba_len(cdb, &block, &n_block);
 		if (cdb[1] & (1 << 3))
 			tf_flags |= ATA_TFLAG_FUA;
+		if (!ata_check_nblocks(scmd, n_block))
+			goto invalid_fld;
 		break;
 	default:
 		DPRINTK("no-byte command\n");