diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-link.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-link.yaml
index b80c2ac3ac31..99f6fba456cc 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-link.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-link.yaml
@@ -898,6 +898,8 @@ attribute-sets:
       -
         name: txqlen
         type: u32
+        checks:
+          max: 32767
       -
         name: map
         type: binary
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 81c5a6104dea..be9d1625bac3 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2287,6 +2287,11 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }
 
+static const struct netlink_range_validation txqlen_range = {
+	.min = 0,
+	.max = S16_MAX,
+};
+
 static const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
 	[IFLA_UNSPEC]		= { .strict_start_type = IFLA_DPLL_PIN },
 	[IFLA_IFNAME]		= { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ-1 },
@@ -2297,7 +2302,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
 	[IFLA_LINK]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_MASTER]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_CARRIER]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },
-	[IFLA_TXQLEN]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[IFLA_TXQLEN]		= NLA_POLICY_FULL_RANGE(NLA_U32, &txqlen_range),
 	[IFLA_WEIGHT]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_OPERSTATE]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[IFLA_LINKMODE]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },