diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 403eeff39c2fe39d5f801fbdb479231a61e6133e..7e60f4bd9700e7680f211022a4bd36aa0d485773 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -4778,6 +4778,9 @@ 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 */