diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
index 30931a2c025bc14265c5700dde31828f220604c7..d4ddea426939c7e0cb1a117885f3b6f6ddc37b1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ int mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	tcam->max_groups = max_groups;
 	tcam->max_group_size = MLXSW_CORE_RES_GET(mlxsw_sp->core,
 						 ACL_MAX_GROUP_SIZE);
+	tcam->max_group_size = min_t(unsigned int, tcam->max_group_size,
+				     MLXSW_REG_PAGT_ACL_MAX_NUM);
 
 	err = ops->init(mlxsw_sp, tcam->priv, tcam);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/mlxsw/spectrum-2/tc_flower.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/mlxsw/spectrum-2/tc_flower.sh
index 3b75180f455d58a63ca4daa308365054e8edc65b..61f0ce8454e0bc1b3ea7d87b384c71835e8041a5 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/mlxsw/spectrum-2/tc_flower.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/drivers/net/mlxsw/spectrum-2/tc_flower.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 lib_dir=$(dirname $0)/../../../../net/forwarding
 
 ALL_TESTS="single_mask_test identical_filters_test two_masks_test \
-	multiple_masks_test ctcam_edge_cases_test"
+	multiple_masks_test ctcam_edge_cases_test max_group_size_test"
 NUM_NETIFS=2
 source $lib_dir/tc_common.sh
 source $lib_dir/lib.sh
@@ -324,6 +324,60 @@ ctcam_edge_cases_test()
 	ctcam_no_atcam_masks_test
 }
 
+max_group_size_test()
+{
+	# The number of ACLs in an ACL group is limited. Once the maximum
+	# number of ACLs has been reached, filters cannot be added. This test
+	# verifies that when this limit is reached, insertion fails without
+	# crashing.
+
+	RET=0
+
+	local num_acls=32
+	local max_size
+	local ret
+
+	if [[ "$tcflags" != "skip_sw" ]]; then
+		return 0;
+	fi
+
+	for ((i=1; i < $num_acls; i++)); do
+		if [[ $(( i % 2 )) == 1 ]]; then
+			tc filter add dev $h2 ingress pref $i proto ipv4 \
+				flower $tcflags dst_ip 198.51.100.1/32 \
+				ip_proto tcp tcp_flags 0x01/0x01 \
+				action drop &> /dev/null
+		else
+			tc filter add dev $h2 ingress pref $i proto ipv6 \
+				flower $tcflags dst_ip 2001:db8:1::1/128 \
+				action drop &> /dev/null
+		fi
+
+		ret=$?
+		[[ $ret -ne 0 ]] && max_size=$((i - 1)) && break
+	done
+
+	# We expect to exceed the maximum number of ACLs in a group, so that
+	# insertion eventually fails. Otherwise, the test should be adjusted to
+	# add more filters.
+	check_fail $ret "expected to exceed number of ACLs in a group"
+
+	for ((; i >= 1; i--)); do
+		if [[ $(( i % 2 )) == 1 ]]; then
+			tc filter del dev $h2 ingress pref $i proto ipv4 \
+				flower $tcflags dst_ip 198.51.100.1/32 \
+				ip_proto tcp tcp_flags 0x01/0x01 \
+				action drop &> /dev/null
+		else
+			tc filter del dev $h2 ingress pref $i proto ipv6 \
+				flower $tcflags dst_ip 2001:db8:1::1/128 \
+				action drop &> /dev/null
+		fi
+	done
+
+	log_test "max ACL group size test ($tcflags). max size $max_size"
+}
+
 setup_prepare()
 {
 	h1=${NETIFS[p1]}