diff --git a/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c b/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
index 69f76ff..718d5e3 100644
--- a/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
+++ b/sound/isa/wavefront/wavefront_synth.c
@@ -785,6 +785,9 @@
 	DPRINT (WF_DEBUG_LOAD_PATCH, "downloading patch %d\n",
 				      header->number);
 
+	if (header->number >= ARRAY_SIZE(dev->patch_status))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	dev->patch_status[header->number] |= WF_SLOT_FILLED;
 
 	bptr = buf;
@@ -809,6 +812,9 @@
 	DPRINT (WF_DEBUG_LOAD_PATCH, "downloading program %d\n",
 		header->number);
 
+	if (header->number >= ARRAY_SIZE(dev->prog_status))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	dev->prog_status[header->number] = WF_SLOT_USED;
 
 	/* XXX need to zero existing SLOT_USED bit for program_status[i]
@@ -898,6 +904,9 @@
 		header->number = x;
 	}
 
+	if (header->number >= WF_MAX_SAMPLE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (header->size) {
 
 		/* XXX it's a debatable point whether or not RDONLY semantics