diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
index 15defae1d7ed..8215355f6be0 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c
@@ -2788,8 +2788,13 @@ static void __reg_bound_offset(struct bpf_reg_state *reg)
 	reg->var_off = tnum_or(tnum_clear_subreg(var64_off), var32_off);
 }
 
+static bool range_bounds_violation(struct bpf_reg_state *reg);
+
 static void reg_bounds_sync(struct bpf_reg_state *reg)
 {
+	/* If the input reg_state is invalid, we can exit early */
+	if (range_bounds_violation(reg))
+		return;
 	/* We might have learned new bounds from the var_off. */
 	__update_reg_bounds(reg);
 	/* We might have learned something about the sign bit. */