diff --git a/src/nfc/nci/nci_hmsgs.cc b/src/nfc/nci/nci_hmsgs.cc
index ed7caaa..81497c8 100644
--- a/src/nfc/nci/nci_hmsgs.cc
+++ b/src/nfc/nci/nci_hmsgs.cc
@@ -632,6 +632,10 @@
   uint8_t* pp;
   uint8_t size = tlv_size + 2;
 
+  if (size < tlv_size) {
+    return (NCI_STATUS_FAILED);
+  }
+
   if (tlv_size == 0) {
     /* just to terminate routing table
      * 2 bytes (more=FALSE and num routing entries=0) */