diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/include/lzma.h b/payloads/libpayload/include/lzma.h
index 818c16da1e..523bc8c99e 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/include/lzma.h
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/include/lzma.h
@@ -30,10 +30,18 @@
 #ifndef _LZMA_H
 #define _LZMA_H
 
-/* decompresses the data stream at src to dst, determining its length from
+/* Decompresses the data stream at src to dst. The sizes of the source and
+ * destination buffers are in srcn and dstn.
+ *
+ * Returns the decompressed size, or 0 on error
+ */
+unsigned long ulzman(const unsigned char *src, unsigned long srcn,
+		     unsigned char *dst, unsigned long dstn);
+
+/* Decompresses the data stream at src to dst, determining its length from
  * the data stream itself.
  *
- * returns the decompressed size, or 0 on error
+ * Returns the decompressed size, or 0 on error
  */
 unsigned long ulzma(const unsigned char *src, unsigned char *dst);
 
diff --git a/payloads/libpayload/liblzma/lzma.c b/payloads/libpayload/liblzma/lzma.c
index 0b97213070..23c95620ce 100644
--- a/payloads/libpayload/liblzma/lzma.c
+++ b/payloads/libpayload/liblzma/lzma.c
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include "lzmadecode.c"
 
-unsigned long ulzma(const unsigned char * src, unsigned char * dst)
+unsigned long ulzman(const unsigned char *src, unsigned long srcn,
+		     unsigned char *dst, unsigned long dstn)
 {
 	unsigned char properties[LZMA_PROPERTIES_SIZE];
+	const int data_offset = LZMA_PROPERTIES_SIZE + 8;
 	UInt32 outSize;
 	SizeT inProcessed;
 	SizeT outProcessed;
@@ -27,7 +29,10 @@ unsigned long ulzma(const unsigned char * src, unsigned char * dst)
 
 	memcpy(properties, src, LZMA_PROPERTIES_SIZE);
 	memcpy(&outSize, src + LZMA_PROPERTIES_SIZE, sizeof(outSize));
-	if (LzmaDecodeProperties(&state.Properties, properties, LZMA_PROPERTIES_SIZE) != LZMA_RESULT_OK) {
+	if (outSize > dstn)
+		outSize = dstn;
+	if (LzmaDecodeProperties(&state.Properties, properties,
+				 LZMA_PROPERTIES_SIZE) != LZMA_RESULT_OK) {
 		printf("lzma: Incorrect stream properties.\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -37,11 +42,16 @@ unsigned long ulzma(const unsigned char * src, unsigned char * dst)
 		return 0;
 	}
 	state.Probs = (CProb *)scratchpad;
-	res = LzmaDecode(&state, src + LZMA_PROPERTIES_SIZE + 8, (SizeT)0xffffffff, &inProcessed,
-		dst, outSize, &outProcessed);
+	res = LzmaDecode(&state, src + data_offset, srcn - data_offset,
+			 &inProcessed, dst, outSize, &outProcessed);
 	if (res != 0) {
 		printf("lzma: Decoding error = %d\n", res);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return outSize;
 }
+
+unsigned long ulzma(const unsigned char *src, unsigned char *dst)
+{
+	return ulzman(src, (unsigned long)(-1), dst, (unsigned long)(-1));
+}