diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kone.c b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kone.c
index 1a6e600197d0..509b9bb1362c 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kone.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-roccat-kone.c
@@ -294,31 +294,40 @@ static ssize_t kone_sysfs_write_settings(struct file *fp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	struct kone_device *kone = hid_get_drvdata(dev_get_drvdata(dev));
 	struct usb_device *usb_dev = interface_to_usbdev(to_usb_interface(dev));
 	int retval = 0, difference, old_profile;
+	struct kone_settings *settings = (struct kone_settings *)buf;
 
 	/* I need to get my data in one piece */
 	if (off != 0 || count != sizeof(struct kone_settings))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mutex_lock(&kone->kone_lock);
-	difference = memcmp(buf, &kone->settings, sizeof(struct kone_settings));
+	difference = memcmp(settings, &kone->settings,
+			    sizeof(struct kone_settings));
 	if (difference) {
-		retval = kone_set_settings(usb_dev,
-				(struct kone_settings const *)buf);
-		if (retval) {
-			mutex_unlock(&kone->kone_lock);
-			return retval;
+		if (settings->startup_profile < 1 ||
+		    settings->startup_profile > 5) {
+			retval = -EINVAL;
+			goto unlock;
 		}
 
+		retval = kone_set_settings(usb_dev, settings);
+		if (retval)
+			goto unlock;
+
 		old_profile = kone->settings.startup_profile;
-		memcpy(&kone->settings, buf, sizeof(struct kone_settings));
+		memcpy(&kone->settings, settings, sizeof(struct kone_settings));
 
 		kone_profile_activated(kone, kone->settings.startup_profile);
 
 		if (kone->settings.startup_profile != old_profile)
 			kone_profile_report(kone, kone->settings.startup_profile);
 	}
+unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&kone->kone_lock);
 
+	if (retval)
+		return retval;
+
 	return sizeof(struct kone_settings);
 }
 static BIN_ATTR(settings, 0660, kone_sysfs_read_settings,