diff --git a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
index c9bdb4476a5b..c0ab1e38e80c 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_mqprio.c
@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ static int mqprio_parse_nlattr(struct Qdisc *sch, struct tc_mqprio_qopt *qopt,
 						    "Attribute type expected to be TCA_MQPRIO_MIN_RATE64");
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
+
+			if (nla_len(attr) != sizeof(u64)) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, attr,
+						    "Attribute TCA_MQPRIO_MIN_RATE64 expected to have 8 bytes length");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+
 			if (i >= qopt->num_tc)
 				break;
 			priv->min_rate[i] = *(u64 *)nla_data(attr);
@@ -198,6 +205,13 @@ static int mqprio_parse_nlattr(struct Qdisc *sch, struct tc_mqprio_qopt *qopt,
 						    "Attribute type expected to be TCA_MQPRIO_MAX_RATE64");
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
+
+			if (nla_len(attr) != sizeof(u64)) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, attr,
+						    "Attribute TCA_MQPRIO_MAX_RATE64 expected to have 8 bytes length");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+
 			if (i >= qopt->num_tc)
 				break;
 			priv->max_rate[i] = *(u64 *)nla_data(attr);