diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
index 72ddf23ef6f7..c1b254487388 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsacl.c
@@ -909,6 +909,8 @@ static void parse_dacl(struct cifs_acl *pdacl, char *end_of_acl,
 		umode_t group_mask = S_IRWXG;
 		umode_t other_mask = S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IRWXO;
 
+		if (num_aces > ULONG_MAX / sizeof(struct cifs_ace *))
+			return;
 		ppace = kmalloc(num_aces * sizeof(struct cifs_ace *),
 				GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!ppace) {