diff --git a/src/libsodium/crypto_pwhash/scryptsalsa208sha256/pbkdf2-sha256.c b/src/libsodium/crypto_pwhash/scryptsalsa208sha256/pbkdf2-sha256.c
index 9b585a27..85bb48bd 100644
--- a/src/libsodium/crypto_pwhash/scryptsalsa208sha256/pbkdf2-sha256.c
+++ b/src/libsodium/crypto_pwhash/scryptsalsa208sha256/pbkdf2-sha256.c
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ PBKDF2_SHA256(const uint8_t * passwd, size_t passwdlen, const uint8_t * salt,
     int             k;
     size_t          clen;
 
+    if (dkLen > 0x1fffffffe0UL) {
+        abort();
+    }
     crypto_auth_hmacsha256_init(&PShctx, passwd, passwdlen);
     crypto_auth_hmacsha256_update(&PShctx, salt, saltlen);