diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
index ef44c6979a31..373b8c832850 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
@@ -4319,6 +4319,8 @@ static int mvpp2_ethtool_get_rxfh_context(struct net_device *dev, u32 *indir,
 
 	if (!mvpp22_rss_is_supported())
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (rss_context >= MVPP22_N_RSS_TABLES)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (hfunc)
 		*hfunc = ETH_RSS_HASH_CRC32;