diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-eic7700.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-eic7700.c
index ef60cab24533..4ac979d874d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-eic7700.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-eic7700.c
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@
 #define EIC7700_ETH_TX_ADJ_DELAY	GENMASK(14, 8)
 #define EIC7700_ETH_RX_ADJ_DELAY	GENMASK(30, 24)
 
-#define EIC7700_MAX_DELAY_UNIT 0x7F
+#define EIC7700_MAX_DELAY_STEPS		0x7F
+#define EIC7700_DELAY_STEP_PS		20
+#define EIC7700_MAX_DELAY_PS	\
+	(EIC7700_MAX_DELAY_STEPS * EIC7700_DELAY_STEP_PS)
 
 static const char * const eic7700_clk_names[] = {
 	"tx", "axi", "cfg",
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ static int eic7700_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat_dat;
 	struct stmmac_resources stmmac_res;
 	struct eic7700_qos_priv *dwc_priv;
-	u32 delay_ps;
+	u32 delay_ps, val;
 	int i, ret;
 
 	ret = stmmac_get_platform_resources(pdev, &stmmac_res);
@@ -148,7 +151,16 @@ static int eic7700_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* Read rx-internal-delay-ps and update rx_clk delay */
 	if (!of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node,
 				  "rx-internal-delay-ps", &delay_ps)) {
-		u32 val = min(delay_ps / 20, EIC7700_MAX_DELAY_UNIT);
+		if (delay_ps % EIC7700_DELAY_STEP_PS)
+			return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -EINVAL,
+				"rx delay must be multiple of %dps\n",
+				EIC7700_DELAY_STEP_PS);
+
+		if (delay_ps > EIC7700_MAX_DELAY_PS)
+			return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -EINVAL,
+				"rx delay out of range\n");
+
+		val = delay_ps / EIC7700_DELAY_STEP_PS;
 
 		dwc_priv->eth_clk_dly_param &= ~EIC7700_ETH_RX_ADJ_DELAY;
 		dwc_priv->eth_clk_dly_param |=
@@ -161,7 +173,16 @@ static int eic7700_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* Read tx-internal-delay-ps and update tx_clk delay */
 	if (!of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node,
 				  "tx-internal-delay-ps", &delay_ps)) {
-		u32 val = min(delay_ps / 20, EIC7700_MAX_DELAY_UNIT);
+		if (delay_ps % EIC7700_DELAY_STEP_PS)
+			return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -EINVAL,
+				"tx delay must be multiple of %dps\n",
+				EIC7700_DELAY_STEP_PS);
+
+		if (delay_ps > EIC7700_MAX_DELAY_PS)
+			return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -EINVAL,
+				"tx delay out of range\n");
+
+		val = delay_ps / EIC7700_DELAY_STEP_PS;
 
 		dwc_priv->eth_clk_dly_param &= ~EIC7700_ETH_TX_ADJ_DELAY;
 		dwc_priv->eth_clk_dly_param |=