diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index df001754bcd1563ba73ada56bcfcd045fb4934c6..1e52db32c73d28bdc5e76f4857522a7b2ecff90b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -1901,6 +1901,8 @@ static int mlx5e_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 
 	mlx5_query_port_max_mtu(mdev, &max_mtu, 1);
 
+	max_mtu = MLX5E_HW2SW_MTU(max_mtu);
+
 	if (new_mtu > max_mtu) {
 		netdev_err(netdev,
 			   "%s: Bad MTU (%d) > (%d) Max\n",