diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index 4b45b885b1e30f183248b2cfa3eeca99fbdad929..6903a873f072ae14f4a7638514446d6ad7b1c6a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ static void bnxt_get_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 	int max_rx_rings, max_tx_rings, tcs;
 
 	bnxt_get_max_rings(bp, &max_rx_rings, &max_tx_rings, true);
-	channel->max_combined = max_t(int, max_rx_rings, max_tx_rings);
+	channel->max_combined = min_t(int, max_rx_rings, max_tx_rings);
 
 	if (bnxt_get_max_rings(bp, &max_rx_rings, &max_tx_rings, false)) {
 		max_rx_rings = 0;