diff --git a/net/sched/sch_ets.c b/net/sched/sch_ets.c
index 25fcf4079fec..6cc902a03838 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_ets.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_ets.c
@@ -83,11 +83,7 @@ static int ets_quantum_parse(struct Qdisc *sch, const struct nlattr *attr,
 			     unsigned int *quantum,
 			     struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
-	*quantum = nla_get_u32(attr);
-	if (!*quantum) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "ETS quantum cannot be zero");
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+	*quantum = clamp_t(u32, nla_get_u32(attr), 256, 1 << 20);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -632,11 +628,13 @@ static int ets_qdisc_change(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 			return err;
 	}
 	/* If there are more bands than strict + quanta provided, the remaining
-	 * ones are ETS with quantum of MTU. Initialize the missing values here.
+	 * ones are ETS with quantum of max(MTU, 256). Initialize the missing
+	 * values here.
 	 */
 	for (i = nstrict; i < nbands; i++) {
 		if (!quanta[i])
-			quanta[i] = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch));
+			quanta[i] = clamp_t(u32, (u32)psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)),
+					    256, 1 << 20);
 	}
 
 	/* Before commit, make sure we can allocate all new qdiscs */