diff --git a/src/telev/telev.c b/src/telev/telev.c
index ea529eb..378f35e 100644
--- a/src/telev/telev.c
+++ b/src/telev/telev.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ enum {
 	EVENT_END     = 0xff,
 	PAYLOAD_SIZE  = 4,
 	VOLUME        = 10,
+	QUEUE_SIZE    = 8192,
 };
 
 
@@ -192,6 +193,9 @@ int telev_send(struct telev *tel, int event, bool end)
 	if (!tel)
 		return EINVAL;
 
+	if (tel->mb->end >= QUEUE_SIZE)
+		return EOVERFLOW;
+
 	pos = tel->mb->pos;
 
 	tel->mb->pos = tel->mb->end;