diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index bb8bcb448ae903..9bd5609cf65971 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -1177,9 +1177,9 @@ static int esw_add_fdb_peer_miss_rules(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 	struct mlx5_flow_handle *flow;
 	struct mlx5_flow_spec *spec;
 	struct mlx5_vport *vport;
+	int err, pfindex;
 	unsigned long i;
 	void *misc;
-	int err;
 
 	if (!MLX5_VPORT_MANAGER(esw->dev) && !mlx5_core_is_ecpf_esw_manager(esw->dev))
 		return 0;
@@ -1255,7 +1255,15 @@ static int esw_add_fdb_peer_miss_rules(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 			flows[vport->index] = flow;
 		}
 	}
-	esw->fdb_table.offloads.peer_miss_rules[mlx5_get_dev_index(peer_dev)] = flows;
+
+	pfindex = mlx5_get_dev_index(peer_dev);
+	if (pfindex >= MLX5_MAX_PORTS) {
+		esw_warn(esw->dev, "Peer dev index(%d) is over the max num defined(%d)\n",
+			 pfindex, MLX5_MAX_PORTS);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto add_ec_vf_flow_err;
+	}
+	esw->fdb_table.offloads.peer_miss_rules[pfindex] = flows;
 
 	kvfree(spec);
 	return 0;