diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
index e8c7135c4c11..1747d3c4fa32 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/tcp.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "nvmet.h"
 
 #define NVMET_TCP_DEF_INLINE_DATA_SIZE	(4 * PAGE_SIZE)
+#define NVMET_TCP_MAXH2CDATA		0x400000 /* 16M arbitrary limit */
 
 #define NVMET_TCP_RECV_BUDGET		8
 #define NVMET_TCP_SEND_BUDGET		8
@@ -818,7 +819,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_handle_icreq(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 	icresp->hdr.pdo = 0;
 	icresp->hdr.plen = cpu_to_le32(icresp->hdr.hlen);
 	icresp->pfv = cpu_to_le16(NVME_TCP_PFV_1_0);
-	icresp->maxdata = cpu_to_le32(0x400000); /* 16M arbitrary limit */
+	icresp->maxdata = cpu_to_le32(NVMET_TCP_MAXH2CDATA);
 	icresp->cpda = 0;
 	if (queue->hdr_digest)
 		icresp->digest |= NVME_TCP_HDR_DIGEST_ENABLE;
@@ -866,6 +867,7 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_handle_h2c_data_pdu(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 {
 	struct nvme_tcp_data_pdu *data = &queue->pdu.data;
 	struct nvmet_tcp_cmd *cmd;
+	unsigned int plen;
 
 	if (likely(queue->nr_cmds)) {
 		if (unlikely(data->ttag >= queue->nr_cmds)) {
@@ -889,7 +891,16 @@ static int nvmet_tcp_handle_h2c_data_pdu(struct nvmet_tcp_queue *queue)
 		return -EPROTO;
 	}
 
+	plen = le32_to_cpu(data->hdr.plen);
 	cmd->pdu_len = le32_to_cpu(data->data_length);
+	if (unlikely(cmd->pdu_len != (plen - sizeof(*data)) ||
+		     cmd->pdu_len == 0 ||
+		     cmd->pdu_len > NVMET_TCP_MAXH2CDATA)) {
+		pr_err("H2CData PDU len %u is invalid\n", cmd->pdu_len);
+		/* FIXME: use proper transport errors */
+		nvmet_tcp_fatal_error(queue);
+		return -EPROTO;
+	}
 	cmd->pdu_recv = 0;
 	nvmet_tcp_map_pdu_iovec(cmd);
 	queue->cmd = cmd;