diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
index d8406f6f5d3995..fcc717aaccc638 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ struct action_data {
 	 * event param, and is passed to the synthetic event
 	 * invocation.
 	 */
-	unsigned int		var_ref_idx[TRACING_MAP_VARS_MAX];
+	unsigned int		var_ref_idx[SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX];
 	struct synth_event	*synth_event;
 	bool			use_trace_keyword;
 	char			*synth_event_name;
@@ -2150,7 +2150,9 @@ static struct hist_field *create_var_ref(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 			return ref_field;
 		}
 	}
-
+	/* Sanity check to avoid out-of-bound write on 'hist_data->var_refs' */
+	if (hist_data->n_var_refs >= TRACING_MAP_VARS_MAX)
+		return NULL;
 	ref_field = create_hist_field(var_field->hist_data, NULL, flags, NULL);
 	if (ref_field) {
 		if (init_var_ref(ref_field, var_field, system, event_name)) {
@@ -3898,6 +3900,10 @@ static int trace_action_create(struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data,
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&event_mutex);
 
+	/* Sanity check to avoid out-of-bound write on 'data->var_ref_idx' */
+	if (data->n_params > SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (data->use_trace_keyword)
 		synth_event_name = data->synth_event_name;
 	else