diff --git a/libr/anal/p/anal_java.c b/libr/anal/p/anal_java.c
index a3700b2c65190..c9df3b49c3d55 100644
--- a/libr/anal/p/anal_java.c
+++ b/libr/anal/p/anal_java.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ static int java_switch_op(RAnal *anal, RAnalOp *op, ut64 addr, const ut8 *data,
 		}
 		pos += 12;
 
-		if (max_val > min_val) {
+		if (max_val > min_val && ((max_val-min_val)<(UT16_MAX/4))) {
 			//caseop = r_anal_switch_op_add_case(op->switch_op, addr+default_loc, -1, addr+offset);
 			for (cur_case = 0; cur_case <= max_val - min_val; pos+=4, cur_case++) {
 				//ut32 value = (ut32)(UINT (data, pos));