diff --git a/mt7996/mcu.c b/mt7996/mcu.c
index 1bd32c00..c4a46007 100644
--- a/mt7996/mcu.c
+++ b/mt7996/mcu.c
@@ -4575,11 +4575,18 @@ int mt7996_mcu_get_eeprom(struct mt7996_dev *dev, u32 offset, u8 *buf, u32 buf_l
 	event = (struct mt7996_mcu_eeprom_access_event *)skb->data;
 	if (event->valid) {
 		u32 ret_len = le32_to_cpu(event->eeprom.ext_eeprom.data_len);
+		u32 block = mode == EEPROM_MODE_EXT ? MT7996_EXT_EEPROM_BLOCK_SIZE :
+						      MT7996_EEPROM_BLOCK_SIZE;
 
 		addr = le32_to_cpu(event->addr);
 
-		if (!buf)
+		if (!buf) {
+			if (addr > dev->mt76.eeprom.size - block) {
+				dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
 			buf = (u8 *)dev->mt76.eeprom.data + addr;
+		}
 
 		switch (mode) {
 		case EEPROM_MODE_EFUSE: