diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
index 3128766dd50e64200790a65d690a34531a12cc58..2ac0d84f090e01c3cebdc1f9132de153034d8364 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
@@ -3373,7 +3373,7 @@ static int wpa_supplicant_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct iw_point *p)
 
 	/* down(&ieee->wx_sem); */
 
-	if (p->length < sizeof(struct ieee_param) || !p->pointer) {
+	if (!p->pointer || p->length != sizeof(struct ieee_param)) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}