diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 5eec4429970c..05e5f6f9f2b8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -3937,8 +3937,13 @@ static ssize_t __nfs4_get_acl_uncached(struct inode *inode, void *buf, size_t bu
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 	nfs4_write_cached_acl(inode, pages, res.acl_data_offset, res.acl_len);
-	if (buf)
+	if (buf) {
+		if (res.acl_len > buflen) {
+			ret = -ERANGE;
+			goto out_free;
+		}
 		_copy_from_pages(buf, pages, res.acl_data_offset, res.acl_len);
+	}
 out_ok:
 	ret = res.acl_len;
 out_free: