diff --git a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
index 8a7724a6ce2f..5b6705c4b2d2 100644
--- a/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
+++ b/lib/lz4/lz4_decompress.c
@@ -271,8 +271,12 @@ static FORCE_INLINE int LZ4_decompress_generic(
 			ip += length;
 			op += length;
 
-			/* Necessarily EOF, due to parsing restrictions */
-			if (!partialDecoding || (cpy == oend))
+			/* Necessarily EOF when !partialDecoding.
+			 * When partialDecoding, it is EOF if we've either
+			 * filled the output buffer or
+			 * can't proceed with reading an offset for following match.
+			 */
+			if (!partialDecoding || (cpy == oend) || (ip >= (iend - 2)))
 				break;
 		} else {
 			/* may overwrite up to WILDCOPYLENGTH beyond cpy */