diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index dd630b6bc74bd41cf698ae6c75990386a18c218e..c4cbf0f42b1e459fa9f095765e3db5bd74983f2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #define I40E_MAX_VEB			16
 
 #define I40E_MAX_NUM_DESCRIPTORS	4096
+#define I40E_MAX_NUM_DESCRIPTORS_XL710	8160
 #define I40E_MAX_CSR_SPACE		(4 * 1024 * 1024 - 64 * 1024)
 #define I40E_DEFAULT_NUM_DESCRIPTORS	512
 #define I40E_REQ_DESCRIPTOR_MULTIPLE	32
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index 60791a4810466c484b6eaea6f185524f0b43faa9..31478f63c2b8599a673be171524c374ec899c8be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -1915,6 +1915,18 @@ static void i40e_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
 		drvinfo->n_priv_flags += I40E_GL_PRIV_FLAGS_STR_LEN;
 }
 
+static u32 i40e_get_max_num_descriptors(struct i40e_pf *pf)
+{
+	struct i40e_hw *hw = &pf->hw;
+
+	switch (hw->mac.type) {
+	case I40E_MAC_XL710:
+		return I40E_MAX_NUM_DESCRIPTORS_XL710;
+	default:
+		return I40E_MAX_NUM_DESCRIPTORS;
+	}
+}
+
 static void i40e_get_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 			       struct ethtool_ringparam *ring,
 			       struct kernel_ethtool_ringparam *kernel_ring,
@@ -1924,8 +1936,8 @@ static void i40e_get_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 	struct i40e_pf *pf = np->vsi->back;
 	struct i40e_vsi *vsi = pf->vsi[pf->lan_vsi];
 
-	ring->rx_max_pending = I40E_MAX_NUM_DESCRIPTORS;
-	ring->tx_max_pending = I40E_MAX_NUM_DESCRIPTORS;
+	ring->rx_max_pending = i40e_get_max_num_descriptors(pf);
+	ring->tx_max_pending = i40e_get_max_num_descriptors(pf);
 	ring->rx_mini_max_pending = 0;
 	ring->rx_jumbo_max_pending = 0;
 	ring->rx_pending = vsi->rx_rings[0]->count;
@@ -1950,12 +1962,12 @@ static int i40e_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 			      struct kernel_ethtool_ringparam *kernel_ring,
 			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
+	u32 new_rx_count, new_tx_count, max_num_descriptors;
 	struct i40e_ring *tx_rings = NULL, *rx_rings = NULL;
 	struct i40e_netdev_priv *np = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct i40e_hw *hw = &np->vsi->back->hw;
 	struct i40e_vsi *vsi = np->vsi;
 	struct i40e_pf *pf = vsi->back;
-	u32 new_rx_count, new_tx_count;
 	u16 tx_alloc_queue_pairs;
 	int timeout = 50;
 	int i, err = 0;
@@ -1963,14 +1975,15 @@ static int i40e_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 	if ((ring->rx_mini_pending) || (ring->rx_jumbo_pending))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (ring->tx_pending > I40E_MAX_NUM_DESCRIPTORS ||
+	max_num_descriptors = i40e_get_max_num_descriptors(pf);
+	if (ring->tx_pending > max_num_descriptors ||
 	    ring->tx_pending < I40E_MIN_NUM_DESCRIPTORS ||
-	    ring->rx_pending > I40E_MAX_NUM_DESCRIPTORS ||
+	    ring->rx_pending > max_num_descriptors ||
 	    ring->rx_pending < I40E_MIN_NUM_DESCRIPTORS) {
 		netdev_info(netdev,
 			    "Descriptors requested (Tx: %d / Rx: %d) out of range [%d-%d]\n",
 			    ring->tx_pending, ring->rx_pending,
-			    I40E_MIN_NUM_DESCRIPTORS, I40E_MAX_NUM_DESCRIPTORS);
+			    I40E_MIN_NUM_DESCRIPTORS, max_num_descriptors);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 3ce6d18cc2e5eafece87a59f6e6691eff3f3c206..83a8130b68500eb8c05ad0e2a7cd9a93fdd868c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -600,6 +600,13 @@ static int i40e_config_vsi_tx_queue(struct i40e_vf *vf, u16 vsi_id,
 
 	/* only set the required fields */
 	tx_ctx.base = info->dma_ring_addr / 128;
+
+	/* ring_len has to be multiple of 8 */
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(info->ring_len, 8) ||
+	    info->ring_len > I40E_MAX_NUM_DESCRIPTORS_XL710) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto error_context;
+	}
 	tx_ctx.qlen = info->ring_len;
 	tx_ctx.rdylist = le16_to_cpu(vsi->info.qs_handle[0]);
 	tx_ctx.rdylist_act = 0;
@@ -665,6 +672,13 @@ static int i40e_config_vsi_rx_queue(struct i40e_vf *vf, u16 vsi_id,
 
 	/* only set the required fields */
 	rx_ctx.base = info->dma_ring_addr / 128;
+
+	/* ring_len has to be multiple of 32 */
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(info->ring_len, 32) ||
+	    info->ring_len > I40E_MAX_NUM_DESCRIPTORS_XL710) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto error_param;
+	}
 	rx_ctx.qlen = info->ring_len;
 
 	if (info->splithdr_enabled) {