diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c
index 74ebe8e7d1d8..e84127165d85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/wmi.c
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ int ath11k_wmi_send_scan_start_cmd(struct ath11k *ar,
 	void *ptr;
 	int i, ret, len;
 	u32 *tmp_ptr;
-	u8 extraie_len_with_pad = 0;
+	u16 extraie_len_with_pad = 0;
 	struct hint_short_ssid *s_ssid = NULL;
 	struct hint_bssid *hint_bssid = NULL;
 
@@ -2055,7 +2055,7 @@ int ath11k_wmi_send_scan_start_cmd(struct ath11k *ar,
 		len += sizeof(*bssid) * params->num_bssid;
 
 	len += TLV_HDR_SIZE;
-	if (params->extraie.len)
+	if (params->extraie.len && params->extraie.len <= 0xFFFF)
 		extraie_len_with_pad =
 			roundup(params->extraie.len, sizeof(u32));
 	len += extraie_len_with_pad;
@@ -2162,7 +2162,7 @@ int ath11k_wmi_send_scan_start_cmd(struct ath11k *ar,
 		      FIELD_PREP(WMI_TLV_LEN, len);
 	ptr += TLV_HDR_SIZE;
 
-	if (params->extraie.len)
+	if (extraie_len_with_pad)
 		memcpy(ptr, params->extraie.ptr,
 		       params->extraie.len);