diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index b429591894eb66ebe4d7e6f1503d28611509c9ef..943b1bd434bf50cf6ef26b408035f3af4ea6c38a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ struct mlx5e_umr_wqe {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN_DCB
 #define MLX5E_MAX_BW_ALLOC 100 /* Max percentage of BW allocation */
-#define MLX5E_MIN_BW_ALLOC 1   /* Min percentage of BW allocation */
 #endif
 
 struct mlx5e_params {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
index b2db180ae2a5bbdda29219d63c72feea0958c12c..c585349e05c38ed26b49898d23be1ef83fa721a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_dcbnl.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static void mlx5e_build_tc_tx_bw(struct ieee_ets *ets, u8 *tc_tx_bw,
 			tc_tx_bw[i] = MLX5E_MAX_BW_ALLOC;
 			break;
 		case IEEE_8021QAZ_TSA_ETS:
-			tc_tx_bw[i] = ets->tc_tx_bw[i] ?: MLX5E_MIN_BW_ALLOC;
+			tc_tx_bw[i] = ets->tc_tx_bw[i];
 			break;
 		}
 	}
@@ -140,8 +140,12 @@ static int mlx5e_dbcnl_validate_ets(struct ieee_ets *ets)
 
 	/* Validate Bandwidth Sum */
 	for (i = 0; i < IEEE_8021QAZ_MAX_TCS; i++) {
-		if (ets->tc_tsa[i] == IEEE_8021QAZ_TSA_ETS)
+		if (ets->tc_tsa[i] == IEEE_8021QAZ_TSA_ETS) {
+			if (!ets->tc_tx_bw[i])
+				return -EINVAL;
+
 			bw_sum += ets->tc_tx_bw[i];
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (bw_sum != 0 && bw_sum != 100)