diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
index 282db6fe3b08a..67aa02bb2b85c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ static inline void otx2_dma_unmap_page(struct otx2_nic *pfvf,
 static inline u16 otx2_get_smq_idx(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, u16 qidx)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_DCB
-	if (pfvf->pfc_alloc_status[qidx])
+	if (qidx < NIX_PF_PFC_PRIO_MAX && pfvf->pfc_alloc_status[qidx])
 		return pfvf->pfc_schq_list[NIX_TXSCH_LVL_SMQ][qidx];
 #endif