diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/wq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/wq.c
index d838af9539b1ab45a86850cd4773e0f790704ea5..68e7f8df2a6d310989a2b6ee9b2e6c488c3b17e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/wq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/wq.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int mlx5_wq_qp_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5_wq_param *param,
 		      void *qpc, struct mlx5_wq_qp *wq,
 		      struct mlx5_wq_ctrl *wq_ctrl)
 {
-	u32 sq_strides_offset;
+	u16 sq_strides_offset;
 	u32 rq_pg_remainder;
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
index 3a1258fd8ac308ed7bb725ae1d6e54a257ebffe8..66d94b4557cf789906455683e4e69e40750f3b2c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/driver.h
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ struct mlx5_frag_buf_ctrl {
 	struct mlx5_frag_buf	frag_buf;
 	u32			sz_m1;
 	u16			frag_sz_m1;
-	u32			strides_offset;
+	u16			strides_offset;
 	u8			log_sz;
 	u8			log_stride;
 	u8			log_frag_strides;
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ static inline u32 mlx5_base_mkey(const u32 key)
 }
 
 static inline void mlx5_fill_fbc_offset(u8 log_stride, u8 log_sz,
-					u32 strides_offset,
+					u16 strides_offset,
 					struct mlx5_frag_buf_ctrl *fbc)
 {
 	fbc->log_stride = log_stride;