diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 10a53303de85be0f18c800e44a23ea95197a501e..6cd4bda26edc39a1e434855e218227a3672cca5d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -4139,7 +4139,7 @@ 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();