diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 2a477c4d14f05dfff62e2cac47da929e0d24fdcd..8f0012ec7739d1a8e07c22adab6875f6938a6961 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -1459,6 +1459,9 @@ static int futex_requeue(u32 __user *uaddr1, unsigned int flags,
 	struct plist_head *head1;
 	struct futex_q *this, *next;
 
+	if (nr_wake < 0 || nr_requeue < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (requeue_pi) {
 		/*
 		 * Requeue PI only works on two distinct uaddrs. This