diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index 18c5271910dc..a765ddad2337 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -477,20 +477,11 @@ p9_parse_header(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int32_t *size, int8_t *type, int16_t *tag,
 	int err;

 	pdu->offset = 0;
-	if (pdu->size == 0)
-		pdu->size = 7;

 	err = p9pdu_readf(pdu, 0, "dbw", &r_size, &r_type, &r_tag);
 	if (err)
 		goto rewind_and_exit;

-	pdu->size = r_size;
-	pdu->id = r_type;
-	pdu->tag = r_tag;
-
-	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< size=%d type: %d tag: %d\n",
-		 pdu->size, pdu->id, pdu->tag);
-
 	if (type)
 		*type = r_type;
 	if (tag)
@@ -498,6 +489,16 @@ p9_parse_header(struct p9_fcall *pdu, int32_t *size, int8_t *type, int16_t *tag,
 	if (size)
 		*size = r_size;

+	if (pdu->size != r_size || r_size < 7) {
+	  err = -EINVAL;
+	  goto rewind_and_exit;
+	}
+
+	pdu->id = r_type;
+	pdu->tag = r_tag;
+
+	p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< size=%d type: %d tag: %d\n",
+				pdu->size, pdu->id, pdu->tag);

 rewind_and_exit:
 	if (rewind)
@@ -524,6 +525,12 @@ static int p9_check_errors(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_req_t *req)
 	int ecode;

 	err = p9_parse_header(req->rc, NULL, &type, NULL, 0);
+	if (req->rc->size >= c->msize) {
+	  p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
+	           "requested packet size too big: %d\n",
+	           pdu->size);
+	  return -EIO;
+	}
 	/*
 	 * dump the response from server
 	 * This should be after check errors which poplulate pdu_fcall.
@@ -1575,7 +1582,7 @@ p9_client_read(struct p9_fid *fid, u64 offset, struct iov_iter *to, int *err)
 		int count = iov_iter_count(to);
 		int rsize, non_zc = 0;
 		char *dataptr;
-
+
 		rsize = fid->iounit;
 		if (!rsize || rsize > clnt->msize-P9_IOHDRSZ)
 			rsize = clnt->msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_fd.c b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
index 588bf88c3305..fadf9b43a287 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_fd.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_fd.c
@@ -324,7 +324,9 @@ static void p9_read_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	if ((!m->req) && (m->rc.offset == m->rc.capacity)) {
 		p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_TRANS, "got new header\n");

-		err = p9_parse_header(&m->rc, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
+		/* Header size */
+		m->rc.size = 7;
+		err = p9_parse_header(&m->rc, &m->rc.size, NULL, NULL, 0);
 		if (err) {
 			p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_ERROR,
 				 "error parsing header: %d\n", err);
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_rdma.c b/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
index 3d414acb7015..2649b2ebf961 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_rdma.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ recv_done(struct ib_cq *cq, struct ib_wc *wc)
 	if (wc->status != IB_WC_SUCCESS)
 		goto err_out;

+	c->rc->size = wc->byte_len;
 	err = p9_parse_header(c->rc, NULL, NULL, &tag, 1);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out;
diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index 05006cbb3361..6d515f7ebfaf 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -159,8 +159,10 @@ static void req_done(struct virtqueue *vq)
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);
 		/* Wakeup if anyone waiting for VirtIO ring space. */
 		wake_up(chan->vc_wq);
-		if (len)
+		if (len) {
+			req->rc->size = len;
 			p9_client_cb(chan->client, req, REQ_STATUS_RCVD);
+		}
 	}
 }

@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@ p9_virtio_zc_request(struct p9_client *client, struct p9_req_t *req,
 		out += pack_sg_list_p(chan->sg, out, VIRTQUEUE_NUM,
 				      out_pages, out_nr_pages, offs, outlen);
 	}
-
+
 	/*
 	 * Take care of in data
 	 * For example TREAD have 11.