diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 8582e12e4a62..0b9d03c54dc3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -802,6 +802,9 @@ static int ipmr_mfc_add(struct net *net, struct mfcctl *mfc, int mrtsock)
 	int line;
 	struct mfc_cache *uc, *c, **cp;
 
+	if (mfc->mfcc_parent >= MAXVIFS)
+		return -ENFILE;
+
 	line = MFC_HASH(mfc->mfcc_mcastgrp.s_addr, mfc->mfcc_origin.s_addr);
 
 	for (cp = &net->ipv4.mfc_cache_array[line];
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 52e0f74fdfe0..23e4ac0cc30e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -1113,6 +1113,9 @@ static int ip6mr_mfc_add(struct net *net, struct mf6cctl *mfc, int mrtsock)
 	unsigned char ttls[MAXMIFS];
 	int i;
 
+	if (mfc->mf6cc_parent >= MAXMIFS)
+		return -ENFILE;
+
 	memset(ttls, 255, MAXMIFS);
 	for (i = 0; i < MAXMIFS; i++) {
 		if (IF_ISSET(i, &mfc->mf6cc_ifset))