+		0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xf5,
+	};
+	nvlist_t *nvl;
+	int sv[2];
+
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sv), 0);
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(write(sv[1], payload, sizeof(payload)),
+	    (ssize_t)sizeof(payload));
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(close(sv[1]), 0);
+
+	errno = 0;
+	nvl = nvlist_recv(sv[0], 0);
+	ATF_REQUIRE(nvl == NULL);
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(errno, EINVAL);
+
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(close(sv[0]), 0);
+}
+
+ATF_TC_WITHOUT_HEAD(nvlist_send_recv__overflow_little_endian_size);
+ATF_TC_BODY(nvlist_send_recv__overflow_little_endian_size, tc)
+{
+	static const unsigned char payload[] = {
+		0x6c,						/* magic */
+		0x00,						/* version */
+		0x00,						/* flags */
+		0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+		0xf5, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
+	};
+	nvlist_t *nvl;
+	int sv[2];
+
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(socketpair(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, sv), 0);
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(write(sv[1], payload, sizeof(payload)),
+	    (ssize_t)sizeof(payload));
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(close(sv[1]), 0);
+
+	errno = 0;
+	nvl = nvlist_recv(sv[0], 0);
+	ATF_REQUIRE(nvl == NULL);
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(errno, EINVAL);
+
+	ATF_REQUIRE_EQ(close(sv[0]), 0);
+}
+
 ATF_TC_WITHOUT_HEAD(nvlist_send_recv__invalid_fd_size);
 ATF_TC_BODY(nvlist_send_recv__invalid_fd_size, tc)
 {
@@ -799,6 +854,8 @@ ATF_TP_ADD_TCS(tp)
 	ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, nvlist_send_recv__send_many_fds__stream);
 
 	ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, nvlist_send_recv__overflow_header_size);
+	ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, nvlist_send_recv__overflow_big_endian_size);
+	ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, nvlist_send_recv__overflow_little_endian_size);
 	ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, nvlist_send_recv__invalid_fd_size);
 	ATF_TP_ADD_TC(tp, nvlist_send_recv__overflow_fd_size);
 
diff --git a/sys/contrib/libnv/nvlist.c b/sys/contrib/libnv/nvlist.c
index 00ba3b41f3a3..cbd35ab67dd2 100644
--- a/sys/contrib/libnv/nvlist.c
+++ b/sys/contrib/libnv/nvlist.c
@@ -1022,10 +1022,6 @@ static bool
 nvlist_check_header(struct nvlist_header *nvlhdrp)
 {
 
-	if (nvlhdrp->nvlh_size > SIZE_MAX - sizeof(*nvlhdrp)) {
-		ERRNO_SET(EINVAL);
-		return (false);
-	}
 	if (nvlhdrp->nvlh_magic != NVLIST_HEADER_MAGIC) {
 		ERRNO_SET(EINVAL);
 		return (false);
@@ -1045,6 +1041,11 @@ nvlist_check_header(struct nvlist_header *nvlhdrp)
 		nvlhdrp->nvlh_descriptors = be64toh(nvlhdrp->nvlh_descriptors);
 	}
 #endif
+	if (nvlhdrp->nvlh_size > SIZE_MAX - sizeof(*nvlhdrp)) {
+		ERRNO_SET(EINVAL);
+		return (false);
+	}
+
 	return (true);
 }