diff --git a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/capi.c b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/capi.c
index 68452b768da2..03a0a01a4054 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/gigaset/capi.c
+++ b/drivers/isdn/gigaset/capi.c
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ static inline void dump_rawmsg(enum debuglevel level, const char *tag,
 		CAPIMSG_APPID(data), CAPIMSG_MSGID(data), l,
 		CAPIMSG_CONTROL(data));
 	l -= 12;
+	if (l <= 0)
+		return;
 	dbgline = kmalloc(3 * l, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!dbgline)
 		return;