diff --git a/src/btf_dump.c b/src/btf_dump.c
index 6388392..53c6624 100644
--- a/src/btf_dump.c
+++ b/src/btf_dump.c
@@ -1762,9 +1762,18 @@ static int btf_dump_get_bitfield_value(struct btf_dump *d,
 	__u16 left_shift_bits, right_shift_bits;
 	const __u8 *bytes = data;
 	__u8 nr_copy_bits;
+	__u8 start_bit, nr_bytes;
 	__u64 num = 0;
 	int i;
 
+	/* Calculate how many bytes cover the bitfield */
+	start_bit = bits_offset % 8;
+	nr_bytes = (start_bit + bit_sz + 7) / 8;
+
+	/* Bound check */
+	if (data + nr_bytes > d->typed_dump->data_end)
+		return -E2BIG;
+
 	/* Maximum supported bitfield size is 64 bits */
 	if (t->size > 8) {
 		pr_warn("unexpected bitfield size %d\n", t->size);