diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
index b74da447e81e..7a85967060a5 100644
--- a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ static int lz4_uncompress_unknownoutputsize(const char *source, char *dest,
 			int s = 255;
 			while ((ip < iend) && (s == 255)) {
 				s = *ip++;
+				if (unlikely(length > (size_t)(length + s)))
+					goto _output_error;
 				length += s;
 			}
 		}
@@ -232,6 +234,8 @@ static int lz4_uncompress_unknownoutputsize(const char *source, char *dest,
 		if (length == ML_MASK) {
 			while (ip < iend) {
 				int s = *ip++;
+				if (unlikely(length > (size_t)(length + s)))
+					goto _output_error;
 				length += s;
 				if (s == 255)
 					continue;
@@ -284,7 +288,7 @@ static int lz4_uncompress_unknownoutputsize(const char *source, char *dest,
 
 	/* write overflow error detected */
 _output_error:
-	return (int) (-(((char *) ip) - source));
+	return -1;
 }
 
 int lz4_decompress(const unsigned char *src, size_t *src_len,