diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 4313bbb2396f4df801ffc099fa385f9b3e51e425..337919fbaefe02e70baab500237261dc64f839d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -3604,7 +3604,7 @@ static void mvneta_percpu_elect(struct mvneta_port *pp)
 	/* Use the cpu associated to the rxq when it is online, in all
 	 * the other cases, use the cpu 0 which can't be offline.
 	 */
-	if (cpu_online(pp->rxq_def))
+	if (pp->rxq_def < nr_cpu_ids && cpu_online(pp->rxq_def))
 		elected_cpu = pp->rxq_def;
 
 	max_cpu = num_present_cpus();