diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
index f1f98a1770d2..fe230acf92a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_acl_tcam.c
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ int mlxsw_sp_acl_tcam_priority_get(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 	if (!MLXSW_CORE_RES_VALID(mlxsw_sp->core, KVD_SIZE))
 		return -EIO;
 
-	max_priority = MLXSW_CORE_RES_GET(mlxsw_sp->core, KVD_SIZE);
-	if (rulei->priority > max_priority)
+	/* Priority range is 1..cap_kvd_size-1. */
+	max_priority = MLXSW_CORE_RES_GET(mlxsw_sp->core, KVD_SIZE) - 1;
+	if (rulei->priority >= max_priority)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Unlike in TC, in HW, higher number means higher priority. */