diff --git a/net/sched/act_pedit.c b/net/sched/act_pedit.c
index 0eaaf1f45de1..211c757bfc3c 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_pedit.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_pedit.c
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ static int tcf_pedit_init(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
 	for (i = 0; i < p->tcfp_nkeys; ++i) {
 		u32 cur = p->tcfp_keys[i].off;
 
+		/* sanitize the shift value for any later use */
+		p->tcfp_keys[i].shift = min_t(size_t, BITS_PER_TYPE(int) - 1,
+					      p->tcfp_keys[i].shift);
+
 		/* The AT option can read a single byte, we can bound the actual
 		 * value with uchar max.
 		 */