diff --git a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
index 77675f9a4c46..187d3ed578f2 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
@@ -799,7 +799,8 @@ static int sfq_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt,
 	q->tail = NULL;
 	q->divisor = SFQ_DEFAULT_HASH_DIVISOR;
 	q->maxflows = SFQ_DEFAULT_FLOWS;
-	q->quantum = psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch));
+	q->quantum = clamp_t(u32, psched_mtu(qdisc_dev(sch)),
+			     256, 1 << 20);
 	q->perturb_period = 0;
 	get_random_bytes(&q->perturbation, sizeof(q->perturbation));