diff --git a/include/linux/rhashtable.h b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
index ae93b65d13d70bdc78e56f54006a9cd43822cd42..45f89369c4c89637796fcc298e36fc45c67fc572 100644
--- a/include/linux/rhashtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ struct rhashtable_params {
  * @nelems: Number of elements in table
  * @key_len: Key length for hashfn
  * @p: Configuration parameters
+ * @max_elems: Maximum number of elements in table
  * @rhlist: True if this is an rhltable
  * @run_work: Deferred worker to expand/shrink asynchronously
  * @mutex: Mutex to protect current/future table swapping
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ struct rhashtable {
 	atomic_t			nelems;
 	unsigned int			key_len;
 	struct rhashtable_params	p;
+	unsigned int			max_elems;
 	bool				rhlist;
 	struct work_struct		run_work;
 	struct mutex                    mutex;
@@ -327,8 +329,7 @@ static inline bool rht_grow_above_100(const struct rhashtable *ht,
 static inline bool rht_grow_above_max(const struct rhashtable *ht,
 				      const struct bucket_table *tbl)
 {
-	return ht->p.max_size &&
-	       (atomic_read(&ht->nelems) / 2u) >= ht->p.max_size;
+	return atomic_read(&ht->nelems) >= ht->max_elems;
 }
 
 /* The bucket lock is selected based on the hash and protects mutations
diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index f3b82e0d417b360e24d92b943f47547327b1e5ef..751630bbe40977f87cbbd6887fe663748131cc6a 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -961,6 +961,11 @@ int rhashtable_init(struct rhashtable *ht,
 	if (params->max_size)
 		ht->p.max_size = rounddown_pow_of_two(params->max_size);
 
+	/* Cap total entries at 2^31 to avoid nelems overflow. */
+	ht->max_elems = 1u << 31;
+	if (ht->p.max_size < ht->max_elems / 2)
+		ht->max_elems = ht->p.max_size * 2;
+
 	ht->p.min_size = max(ht->p.min_size, HASH_MIN_SIZE);
 
 	if (params->nelem_hint)