diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
index 66240c340492..78e21b46a5ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
@@ -3034,6 +3034,13 @@ static int dpaa2_switch_init(struct fsl_mc_device *sw_dev)
 		goto err_close;
 	}
 
+	if (ethsw->sw_attr.num_ifs >= DPSW_MAX_IF) {
+		dev_err(dev, "DPSW num_ifs %u exceeds max %u\n",
+			ethsw->sw_attr.num_ifs, DPSW_MAX_IF);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_close;
+	}
+
 	err = dpsw_get_api_version(ethsw->mc_io, 0,
 				   &ethsw->major,
 				   &ethsw->minor);