diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 204838a6d443..bbf39abc32b7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4574,6 +4574,8 @@ max_corrected_read_errors_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len
 	rv = kstrtouint(buf, 10, &n);
 	if (rv < 0)
 		return rv;
+	if (n > INT_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	atomic_set(&mddev->max_corr_read_errors, n);
 	return len;
 }