diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 91a0a2f8cbc..bc5ed141238 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1668,6 +1668,9 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
 	int r;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, *v;
 
+	if (id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	vcpu = kvm_arch_vcpu_create(kvm, id);
 	if (IS_ERR(vcpu))
 		return PTR_ERR(vcpu);