diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
index d5af6b06a66a..55641e01192d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_synctty.c
@@ -463,6 +463,10 @@ ppp_sync_ioctl(struct ppp_channel *chan, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	case PPPIOCSMRU:
 		if (get_user(val, (int __user *) argp))
 			break;
+		if (val > U16_MAX) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			break;
+		}
 		if (val < PPP_MRU)
 			val = PPP_MRU;
 		ap->mru = val;