diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
index 585bdc8383ee..a17b768b81f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/params.c
@@ -581,11 +581,16 @@ int mlx5e_mpwrq_validate_xsk(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, struct mlx5e_params *pa
 	bool unaligned = xsk ? xsk->unaligned : false;
 	u16 max_mtu_pkts;
 
-	if (!mlx5e_check_fragmented_striding_rq_cap(mdev, page_shift, umr_mode))
+	if (!mlx5e_check_fragmented_striding_rq_cap(mdev, page_shift, umr_mode)) {
+		mlx5_core_err(mdev, "Striding RQ for XSK can't be activated with page_shift %u and umr_mode %d\n",
+			      page_shift, umr_mode);
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
 
-	if (!mlx5e_rx_mpwqe_is_linear_skb(mdev, params, xsk))
+	if (!mlx5e_rx_mpwqe_is_linear_skb(mdev, params, xsk)) {
+		mlx5_core_err(mdev, "Striding RQ linear mode for XSK can't be activated with current params\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/* Current RQ length is too big for the given frame size, the
 	 * needed number of WQEs exceeds the maximum.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/setup.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/setup.c
index ff03c43833bb..81a567e17264 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/setup.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/setup.c
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
 #include "en/health.h"
 #include <net/xdp_sock_drv.h>
 
+static int mlx5e_legacy_rq_validate_xsk(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
+					struct mlx5e_params *params,
+					struct mlx5e_xsk_param *xsk)
+{
+	if (!mlx5e_rx_is_linear_skb(mdev, params, xsk)) {
+		mlx5_core_err(mdev, "Legacy RQ linear mode for XSK can't be activated with current params\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* The limitation of 2048 can be altered, but shouldn't go beyond the minimal
  * stride size of striding RQ.
  */
@@ -17,8 +29,11 @@ bool mlx5e_validate_xsk_param(struct mlx5e_params *params,
 			      struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 {
 	/* AF_XDP doesn't support frames larger than PAGE_SIZE. */
-	if (xsk->chunk_size > PAGE_SIZE || xsk->chunk_size < MLX5E_MIN_XSK_CHUNK_SIZE)
+	if (xsk->chunk_size > PAGE_SIZE || xsk->chunk_size < MLX5E_MIN_XSK_CHUNK_SIZE) {
+		mlx5_core_err(mdev, "XSK chunk size %u out of bounds [%u, %lu]\n", xsk->chunk_size,
+			      MLX5E_MIN_XSK_CHUNK_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
 		return false;
+	}
 
 	/* frag_sz is different for regular and XSK RQs, so ensure that linear
 	 * SKB mode is possible.
@@ -27,7 +42,7 @@ bool mlx5e_validate_xsk_param(struct mlx5e_params *params,
 	case MLX5_WQ_TYPE_LINKED_LIST_STRIDING_RQ:
 		return !mlx5e_mpwrq_validate_xsk(mdev, params, xsk);
 	default: /* MLX5_WQ_TYPE_CYCLIC */
-		return mlx5e_rx_is_linear_skb(mdev, params, xsk);
+		return !mlx5e_legacy_rq_validate_xsk(mdev, params, xsk);
 	}
 }