diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index 5181d6ab39ae..c7ac6ebe8290 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct page_pool;
 #define MLX5_SKB_FRAG_SZ(len)	(SKB_DATA_ALIGN(len) +	\
 				 SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info)))
 
+#define MLX5E_PAGECNT_BIAS_MAX U16_MAX
 #define MLX5E_RX_MAX_HEAD (256)
 #define MLX5E_SHAMPO_LOG_HEADER_ENTRY_SIZE (8)
 #define MLX5E_SHAMPO_WQ_HEADER_PER_PAGE \
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 2d3d89707246..cf977273f753 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -969,6 +969,12 @@ static int mlx5e_alloc_rq(struct mlx5e_params *params,
 		/* Create a page_pool and register it with rxq */
 		struct page_pool_params pp_params = { 0 };
 
+		if (WARN_ON(BIT(PAGE_SHIFT + pool_order) / 64 >
+			    MLX5E_PAGECNT_BIAS_MAX)) {
+			err = -E2BIG;
+			goto err_free_by_rq_type;
+		}
+
 		pp_params.order     = pool_order;
 		pp_params.flags     = PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP | PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV;
 		pp_params.pool_size = pool_size;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
index fc95ea00666b..8fb57a4f36dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
@@ -272,8 +272,6 @@ static inline u32 mlx5e_decompress_cqes_start(struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
 	return mlx5e_decompress_cqes_cont(rq, wq, 1, budget_rem);
 }
 
-#define MLX5E_PAGECNT_BIAS_MAX (PAGE_SIZE / 64)
-
 static int mlx5e_page_alloc_fragmented(struct page_pool *pp,
 				       struct mlx5e_frag_page *frag_page)
 {