diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c
index ec9202d02e..1d27d28959 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/sd-dhcp-server.c
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ static int dhcp_server_send_unicast_raw(
 
         memcpy(link.ll.sll_addr, chaddr, hlen);
 
+        if (len > UINT16_MAX)
+                return -EOVERFLOW;
+
         dhcp_packet_append_ip_headers(packet, server->address, DHCP_PORT_SERVER,
                                       packet->dhcp.yiaddr,
                                       DHCP_PORT_CLIENT, len, -1);
diff --git a/test/fuzz/fuzz-dhcp-server-relay-message/clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-fuzz-dhcp-server-relay-message-4972399731277824 b/test/fuzz/fuzz-dhcp-server-relay-message/clusterfuzz-testcase-minimized-fuzz-dhcp-server-relay-message-4972399731277824
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