diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_rw.c b/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
index 70adec6..8be02b1 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_rw.c
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ static int _fdt_splice(void *fdt, void *splicepoint, int oldlen, int newlen)
 
 	if (((p + oldlen) < p) || ((p + oldlen) > end))
 		return -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET;
+	if ((p < (char *)fdt) || ((end - oldlen + newlen) < (char *)fdt))
+		return -FDT_ERR_BADOFFSET;
 	if ((end - oldlen + newlen) > ((char *)fdt + fdt_totalsize(fdt)))
 		return -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE;
 	memmove(p + newlen, p + oldlen, end - p - oldlen);