diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
index bf1f0416488551b09c677b0315874c1e3e5625ed..ebc1f566a4d953ab623c5fb4ca6dc018375280e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
@@ -1094,12 +1094,21 @@ static int mlx4_en_set_ringparam(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (param->rx_jumbo_pending || param->rx_mini_pending)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (param->rx_pending < MLX4_EN_MIN_RX_SIZE) {
+		en_warn(priv, "%s: rx_pending (%d) < min (%d)\n",
+			__func__, param->rx_pending,
+			MLX4_EN_MIN_RX_SIZE);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	if (param->tx_pending < MLX4_EN_MIN_TX_SIZE) {
+		en_warn(priv, "%s: tx_pending (%d) < min (%lu)\n",
+			__func__, param->tx_pending,
+			MLX4_EN_MIN_TX_SIZE);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	rx_size = roundup_pow_of_two(param->rx_pending);
-	rx_size = max_t(u32, rx_size, MLX4_EN_MIN_RX_SIZE);
-	rx_size = min_t(u32, rx_size, MLX4_EN_MAX_RX_SIZE);
 	tx_size = roundup_pow_of_two(param->tx_pending);
-	tx_size = max_t(u32, tx_size, MLX4_EN_MIN_TX_SIZE);
-	tx_size = min_t(u32, tx_size, MLX4_EN_MAX_TX_SIZE);
 
 	if (rx_size == (priv->port_up ? priv->rx_ring[0]->actual_size :
 					priv->rx_ring[0]->size) &&