diff --git a/include/net/cipso_ipv4.h b/include/net/cipso_ipv4.h
index 3ebb168..a34b141 100644
--- a/include/net/cipso_ipv4.h
+++ b/include/net/cipso_ipv4.h
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ static inline int cipso_v4_validate(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 
 	for (opt_iter = 6; opt_iter < opt_len;) {
+		if (opt_iter + 1 == opt_len) {
+			err_offset = opt_iter;
+			goto out;
+		}
 		tag_len = opt[opt_iter + 1];
 		if ((tag_len == 0) || (tag_len > (opt_len - opt_iter))) {
 			err_offset = opt_iter + 1;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
index 72d6f05..ae20616 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
@@ -1587,6 +1587,10 @@ int cipso_v4_validate(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char **option)
 				goto validate_return_locked;
 			}
 
+		if (opt_iter + 1 == opt_len) {
+			err_offset = opt_iter;
+			goto validate_return_locked;
+		}
 		tag_len = tag[1];
 		if (tag_len > (opt_len - opt_iter)) {
 			err_offset = opt_iter + 1;