diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index 630be9ac6253..84427441824e 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -758,6 +758,17 @@ static bool assign_lock_key(struct lockdep_map *lock)
 {
 	unsigned long can_addr, addr = (unsigned long)lock;
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+	/*
+	 * lockdep_free_key_range() assumes that struct lock_class_key
+	 * objects do not overlap. Since we use the address of lock
+	 * objects as class key for static objects, check whether the
+	 * size of lock_class_key objects does not exceed the size of
+	 * the smallest lock object.
+	 */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct lock_class_key) > sizeof(raw_spinlock_t));
+#endif
+
 	if (__is_kernel_percpu_address(addr, &can_addr))
 		lock->key = (void *)can_addr;
 	else if (__is_module_percpu_address(addr, &can_addr))