diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/txrx.h
index cb164b62f5436..853f312cd7572 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/txrx.h
@@ -11,6 +11,27 @@
 
 #define INL_HDR_START_SZ (sizeof(((struct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg *)NULL)->inline_hdr.start))
 
+/* IPSEC inline data includes:
+ * 1. ESP trailer: up to 255 bytes of padding, 1 byte for pad length, 1 byte for
+ *    next header.
+ * 2. ESP authentication data: 16 bytes for ICV.
+ */
+#define MLX5E_MAX_TX_IPSEC_DS DIV_ROUND_UP(sizeof(struct mlx5_wqe_inline_seg) + \
+					   255 + 1 + 1 + 16, MLX5_SEND_WQE_DS)
+
+/* 366 should be big enough to cover all L2, L3 and L4 headers with possible
+ * encapsulations.
+ */
+#define MLX5E_MAX_TX_INLINE_DS DIV_ROUND_UP(366 - INL_HDR_START_SZ + VLAN_HLEN, \
+					    MLX5_SEND_WQE_DS)
+
+/* Sync the calculation with mlx5e_sq_calc_wqe_attr. */
+#define MLX5E_MAX_TX_WQEBBS DIV_ROUND_UP(MLX5E_TX_WQE_EMPTY_DS_COUNT + \
+					 MLX5E_MAX_TX_INLINE_DS + \
+					 MLX5E_MAX_TX_IPSEC_DS + \
+					 MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1, \
+					 MLX5_SEND_WQEBB_NUM_DS)
+
 #define MLX5E_RX_ERR_CQE(cqe) (get_cqe_opcode(cqe) != MLX5_CQE_RESP_SEND)
 
 static inline
@@ -424,6 +445,8 @@ mlx5e_set_eseg_swp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct mlx5_wqe_eth_seg *eseg,
 
 static inline u16 mlx5e_stop_room_for_wqe(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u16 wqe_size)
 {
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(PAGE_SIZE / MLX5_SEND_WQE_BB < mlx5e_get_max_sq_wqebbs(mdev));
+
 	/* A WQE must not cross the page boundary, hence two conditions:
 	 * 1. Its size must not exceed the page size.
 	 * 2. If the WQE size is X, and the space remaining in a page is less
@@ -436,7 +459,6 @@ static inline u16 mlx5e_stop_room_for_wqe(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u16 wqe_si
 		  "wqe_size %u is greater than max SQ WQEBBs %u",
 		  wqe_size, mlx5e_get_max_sq_wqebbs(mdev));
 
-
 	return MLX5E_STOP_ROOM(wqe_size);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 364f043091492..e3a4f01bcceb1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -5694,6 +5694,13 @@ int mlx5e_attach_netdev(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 		mlx5e_fs_set_state_destroy(priv->fs,
 					   !test_bit(MLX5E_STATE_DESTROYING, &priv->state));
 
+	/* Validate the max_wqe_size_sq capability. */
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(mlx5e_get_max_sq_wqebbs(priv->mdev) < MLX5E_MAX_TX_WQEBBS)) {
+		mlx5_core_warn(priv->mdev, "MLX5E: Max SQ WQEBBs firmware capability: %u, needed %lu\n",
+			       mlx5e_get_max_sq_wqebbs(priv->mdev), MLX5E_MAX_TX_WQEBBS);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	/* max number of channels may have changed */
 	max_nch = mlx5e_calc_max_nch(priv->mdev, priv->netdev, profile);
 	if (priv->channels.params.num_channels > max_nch) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
index 6adca01fbdc9d..f7897ddb29c52 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ static void mlx5e_sq_calc_wqe_attr(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct mlx5e_tx_at
 	u16 ds_cnt_inl = 0;
 	u16 ds_cnt_ids = 0;
 
+	/* Sync the calculation with MLX5E_MAX_TX_WQEBBS. */
+
 	if (attr->insz)
 		ds_cnt_ids = DIV_ROUND_UP(sizeof(struct mlx5_wqe_inline_seg) + attr->insz,
 					  MLX5_SEND_WQE_DS);
@@ -317,6 +319,9 @@ static void mlx5e_sq_calc_wqe_attr(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct mlx5e_tx_at
 			inl += VLAN_HLEN;
 
 		ds_cnt_inl = DIV_ROUND_UP(inl, MLX5_SEND_WQE_DS);
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ds_cnt_inl > MLX5E_MAX_TX_INLINE_DS))
+			netdev_warn(skb->dev, "ds_cnt_inl = %u > max %u\n", ds_cnt_inl,
+				    (u16)MLX5E_MAX_TX_INLINE_DS);
 		ds_cnt += ds_cnt_inl;
 	}