diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_wx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_wx.c
index a0cf78c418ac..903de34028ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_wx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/libipw_wx.c
@@ -633,8 +633,10 @@ int libipw_wx_set_encodeext(struct libipw_device *ieee,
 	}
 
 	if (ext->alg != IW_ENCODE_ALG_NONE) {
-		memcpy(sec.keys[idx], ext->key, ext->key_len);
-		sec.key_sizes[idx] = ext->key_len;
+		int key_len = clamp_val(ext->key_len, 0, SCM_KEY_LEN);
+
+		memcpy(sec.keys[idx], ext->key, key_len);
+		sec.key_sizes[idx] = key_len;
 		sec.flags |= (1 << idx);
 		if (ext->alg == IW_ENCODE_ALG_WEP) {
 			sec.encode_alg[idx] = SEC_ALG_WEP;