diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 4313bbb2396f4df801ffc099fa385f9b3e51e425..355eaedcaea58e40de97698bcd79a4668f8f0914 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -4120,6 +4120,9 @@ 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 */