diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index a901f8edfa41..2178eb4115b3 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -663,6 +663,12 @@ static int io_init(struct ubi_device *ubi, int max_beb_per1024)
 	ubi->ec_hdr_alsize = ALIGN(UBI_EC_HDR_SIZE, ubi->hdrs_min_io_size);
 	ubi->vid_hdr_alsize = ALIGN(UBI_VID_HDR_SIZE, ubi->hdrs_min_io_size);
 
+	if (ubi->vid_hdr_offset && ((ubi->vid_hdr_offset + UBI_VID_HDR_SIZE) >
+	    ubi->vid_hdr_alsize)) {
+		ubi_err(ubi, "VID header offset %d too large.", ubi->vid_hdr_offset);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	dbg_gen("min_io_size      %d", ubi->min_io_size);
 	dbg_gen("max_write_size   %d", ubi->max_write_size);
 	dbg_gen("hdrs_min_io_size %d", ubi->hdrs_min_io_size);