diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index fb486a457c761c50702fe8426cdcca0be1a88449..3f92001bacaf3dea28dfd25303851b8587196ff5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 /* Descriptors defines for Tx and Rx DMA */
 #define TX_BD_NUM_DEFAULT		64
 #define RX_BD_NUM_DEFAULT		1024
+#define TX_BD_NUM_MIN			(MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1)
 #define TX_BD_NUM_MAX			4096
 #define RX_BD_NUM_MAX			4096
 
@@ -1370,7 +1371,8 @@ axienet_ethtools_set_ringparam(struct net_device *ndev,
 	if (ering->rx_pending > RX_BD_NUM_MAX ||
 	    ering->rx_mini_pending ||
 	    ering->rx_jumbo_pending ||
-	    ering->rx_pending > TX_BD_NUM_MAX)
+	    ering->tx_pending < TX_BD_NUM_MIN ||
+	    ering->tx_pending > TX_BD_NUM_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (netif_running(ndev))