diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/setup.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/setup.c
index 06592b9f0424..9240cfe25d10 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/setup.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/xsk/setup.c
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ bool mlx5e_validate_xsk_param(struct mlx5e_params *params,
 			      struct mlx5e_xsk_param *xsk,
 			      struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev)
 {
-	/* AF_XDP doesn't support frames larger than PAGE_SIZE. */
-	if (xsk->chunk_size > PAGE_SIZE || xsk->chunk_size < MLX5E_MIN_XSK_CHUNK_SIZE) {
+	/* AF_XDP doesn't support frames larger than PAGE_SIZE,
+	 * and xsk->chunk_size is limited to 65535 bytes.
+	 */
+	if ((size_t)xsk->chunk_size > PAGE_SIZE || xsk->chunk_size < MLX5E_MIN_XSK_CHUNK_SIZE) {
 		mlx5_core_err(mdev, "XSK chunk size %u out of bounds [%u, %lu]\n", xsk->chunk_size,
 			      MLX5E_MIN_XSK_CHUNK_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
 		return false;