diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
index 3ce48d0df37f36e34b586d6b8407c4fe91bbf260..ea4cc2aa99e06f5c27a6ee432ec220cd71d591ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum.c
@@ -4215,9 +4215,9 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_port_split(struct mlxsw_core *mlxsw_core, u8 local_port,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (count != 2 && count != 4) {
-		netdev_err(mlxsw_sp_port->dev, "Port can only be split into 2 or 4 ports\n");
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Port can only be split into 2 or 4 ports");
+	if (count == 1 || !is_power_of_2(count) || count > max_width) {
+		netdev_err(mlxsw_sp_port->dev, "Invalid split count\n");
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Invalid split count");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}