diff --git a/block/vhdx.c b/block/vhdx.c
index 4a087d8708..6ac0424f61 100644
--- a/block/vhdx.c
+++ b/block/vhdx.c
@@ -1829,6 +1829,10 @@ static int coroutine_fn vhdx_co_create(BlockdevCreateOptions *opts,
     if (!vhdx_opts->has_log_size) {
         log_size = DEFAULT_LOG_SIZE;
     } else {
+        if (vhdx_opts->log_size > UINT32_MAX) {
+            error_setg(errp, "Log size must be smaller than 4 GB");
+            return -EINVAL;
+        }
         log_size = vhdx_opts->log_size;
     }
     if (log_size < MiB || (log_size % MiB) != 0) {