diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index ead5418c126e37e26bc7ddeed2f815d6642cf49d..e3c85ceb1f0a5ce4388c607c4496eabcf68b384e 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct ovs_len_tbl {
 
 #define OVS_ATTR_NESTED -1
 #define OVS_ATTR_VARIABLE -2
+#define OVS_COPY_ACTIONS_MAX_DEPTH 16
 
 static bool actions_may_change_flow(const struct nlattr *actions)
 {
@@ -2543,13 +2544,15 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 				  const struct sw_flow_key *key,
 				  struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
 				  __be16 eth_type, __be16 vlan_tci,
-				  u32 mpls_label_count, bool log);
+				  u32 mpls_label_count, bool log,
+				  u32 depth);
 
 static int validate_and_copy_sample(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 				    const struct sw_flow_key *key,
 				    struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
 				    __be16 eth_type, __be16 vlan_tci,
-				    u32 mpls_label_count, bool log, bool last)
+				    u32 mpls_label_count, bool log, bool last,
+				    u32 depth)
 {
 	const struct nlattr *attrs[OVS_SAMPLE_ATTR_MAX + 1];
 	const struct nlattr *probability, *actions;
@@ -2600,7 +2603,8 @@ static int validate_and_copy_sample(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 		return err;
 
 	err = __ovs_nla_copy_actions(net, actions, key, sfa,
-				     eth_type, vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log);
+				     eth_type, vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log,
+				     depth + 1);
 
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -2615,7 +2619,8 @@ static int validate_and_copy_dec_ttl(struct net *net,
 				     const struct sw_flow_key *key,
 				     struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
 				     __be16 eth_type, __be16 vlan_tci,
-				     u32 mpls_label_count, bool log)
+				     u32 mpls_label_count, bool log,
+				     u32 depth)
 {
 	const struct nlattr *attrs[OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_MAX + 1];
 	int start, action_start, err, rem;
@@ -2658,7 +2663,8 @@ static int validate_and_copy_dec_ttl(struct net *net,
 		return action_start;
 
 	err = __ovs_nla_copy_actions(net, actions, key, sfa, eth_type,
-				     vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log);
+				     vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log,
+				     depth + 1);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -2672,7 +2678,8 @@ static int validate_and_copy_clone(struct net *net,
 				   const struct sw_flow_key *key,
 				   struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
 				   __be16 eth_type, __be16 vlan_tci,
-				   u32 mpls_label_count, bool log, bool last)
+				   u32 mpls_label_count, bool log, bool last,
+				   u32 depth)
 {
 	int start, err;
 	u32 exec;
@@ -2692,7 +2699,8 @@ static int validate_and_copy_clone(struct net *net,
 		return err;
 
 	err = __ovs_nla_copy_actions(net, attr, key, sfa,
-				     eth_type, vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log);
+				     eth_type, vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log,
+				     depth + 1);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -3061,7 +3069,7 @@ static int validate_and_copy_check_pkt_len(struct net *net,
 					   struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
 					   __be16 eth_type, __be16 vlan_tci,
 					   u32 mpls_label_count,
-					   bool log, bool last)
+					   bool log, bool last, u32 depth)
 {
 	const struct nlattr *acts_if_greater, *acts_if_lesser_eq;
 	struct nlattr *a[OVS_CHECK_PKT_LEN_ATTR_MAX + 1];
@@ -3109,7 +3117,8 @@ static int validate_and_copy_check_pkt_len(struct net *net,
 		return nested_acts_start;
 
 	err = __ovs_nla_copy_actions(net, acts_if_lesser_eq, key, sfa,
-				     eth_type, vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log);
+				     eth_type, vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log,
+				     depth + 1);
 
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -3122,7 +3131,8 @@ static int validate_and_copy_check_pkt_len(struct net *net,
 		return nested_acts_start;
 
 	err = __ovs_nla_copy_actions(net, acts_if_greater, key, sfa,
-				     eth_type, vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log);
+				     eth_type, vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log,
+				     depth + 1);
 
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -3150,12 +3160,16 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 				  const struct sw_flow_key *key,
 				  struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
 				  __be16 eth_type, __be16 vlan_tci,
-				  u32 mpls_label_count, bool log)
+				  u32 mpls_label_count, bool log,
+				  u32 depth)
 {
 	u8 mac_proto = ovs_key_mac_proto(key);
 	const struct nlattr *a;
 	int rem, err;
 
+	if (depth > OVS_COPY_ACTIONS_MAX_DEPTH)
+		return -EOVERFLOW;
+
 	nla_for_each_nested(a, attr, rem) {
 		/* Expected argument lengths, (u32)-1 for variable length. */
 		static const u32 action_lens[OVS_ACTION_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
@@ -3350,7 +3364,7 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 			err = validate_and_copy_sample(net, a, key, sfa,
 						       eth_type, vlan_tci,
 						       mpls_label_count,
-						       log, last);
+						       log, last, depth);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 			skip_copy = true;
@@ -3421,7 +3435,7 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 			err = validate_and_copy_clone(net, a, key, sfa,
 						      eth_type, vlan_tci,
 						      mpls_label_count,
-						      log, last);
+						      log, last, depth);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 			skip_copy = true;
@@ -3435,7 +3449,8 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 							      eth_type,
 							      vlan_tci,
 							      mpls_label_count,
-							      log, last);
+							      log, last,
+							      depth);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 			skip_copy = true;
@@ -3445,7 +3460,8 @@ static int __ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 		case OVS_ACTION_ATTR_DEC_TTL:
 			err = validate_and_copy_dec_ttl(net, a, key, sfa,
 							eth_type, vlan_tci,
-							mpls_label_count, log);
+							mpls_label_count, log,
+							depth);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 			skip_copy = true;
@@ -3485,7 +3501,8 @@ int ovs_nla_copy_actions(struct net *net, const struct nlattr *attr,
 
 	(*sfa)->orig_len = nla_len(attr);
 	err = __ovs_nla_copy_actions(net, attr, key, sfa, key->eth.type,
-				     key->eth.vlan.tci, mpls_label_count, log);
+				     key->eth.vlan.tci, mpls_label_count, log,
+				     0);
 	if (err)
 		ovs_nla_free_flow_actions(*sfa);