diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index 4a430b623489b3f57015579a93b1a57b2e94dd23..c74ce698805e90b9f27bd1906f91ed79cdb5f537 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ 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_rx_rings;
+	channel->max_combined = max_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;
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ static int bnxt_set_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (tcs > 1)
 		max_tx_rings /= tcs;
 
-	if (sh && (channel->combined_count > max_rx_rings ||
-		   channel->combined_count > max_tx_rings))
+	if (sh &&
+	    channel->combined_count > max_t(int, max_rx_rings, max_tx_rings))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (!sh && (channel->rx_count > max_rx_rings ||
@@ -430,8 +430,10 @@ static int bnxt_set_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	if (sh) {
 		bp->flags |= BNXT_FLAG_SHARED_RINGS;
-		bp->rx_nr_rings = channel->combined_count;
-		bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc = channel->combined_count;
+		bp->rx_nr_rings = min_t(int, channel->combined_count,
+					max_rx_rings);
+		bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc = min_t(int, channel->combined_count,
+					       max_tx_rings);
 	} else {
 		bp->flags &= ~BNXT_FLAG_SHARED_RINGS;
 		bp->rx_nr_rings = channel->rx_count;