diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index ff3e361e06e781b413d20e1b9b215643e7a15e40..66b7f27c9a488063c408e5de9a42c769ced27cf1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -4927,6 +4927,9 @@ static int  mvneta_config_rss(struct mvneta_port *pp)
 		napi_disable(&pp->napi);
 	}
 
+	if (pp->indir[0] >= nr_cpu_ids)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	pp->rxq_def = pp->indir[0];
 
 	/* Update unicast mapping */