diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h
index 81ca6472937d..85275b6ede4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct iavf_vsi {
 #define IAVF_HKEY_ARRAY_SIZE ((IAVF_VFQF_HKEY_MAX_INDEX + 1) * 4)
 #define IAVF_HLUT_ARRAY_SIZE ((IAVF_VFQF_HLUT_MAX_INDEX + 1) * 4)
 #define IAVF_MBPS_DIVISOR	125000 /* divisor to convert to Mbps */
+#define IAVF_MBPS_QUANTA	50
 
 #define IAVF_VIRTCHNL_VF_RESOURCE_SIZE (sizeof(struct virtchnl_vf_resource) + \
 					(IAVF_MAX_VF_VSI * \
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
index e8850ba5604c..4c41bb47fc1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
@@ -2581,6 +2581,7 @@ static int iavf_validate_ch_config(struct iavf_adapter *adapter,
 				   struct tc_mqprio_qopt_offload *mqprio_qopt)
 {
 	u64 total_max_rate = 0;
+	u32 tx_rate_rem = 0;
 	int i, num_qps = 0;
 	u64 tx_rate = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -2595,12 +2596,32 @@ static int iavf_validate_ch_config(struct iavf_adapter *adapter,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		if (mqprio_qopt->min_rate[i]) {
 			dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev,
-				"Invalid min tx rate (greater than 0) specified\n");
+				"Invalid min tx rate (greater than 0) specified for TC%d\n",
+				i);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-		/*convert to Mbps */
+
+		/* convert to Mbps */
 		tx_rate = div_u64(mqprio_qopt->max_rate[i],
 				  IAVF_MBPS_DIVISOR);
+
+		if (mqprio_qopt->max_rate[i] &&
+		    tx_rate < IAVF_MBPS_QUANTA) {
+			dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+				"Invalid max tx rate for TC%d, minimum %dMbps\n",
+				i, IAVF_MBPS_QUANTA);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		(void)div_u64_rem(tx_rate, IAVF_MBPS_QUANTA, &tx_rate_rem);
+
+		if (tx_rate_rem != 0) {
+			dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev,
+				"Invalid max tx rate for TC%d, not divisible by %d\n",
+				i, IAVF_MBPS_QUANTA);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
 		total_max_rate += tx_rate;
 		num_qps += mqprio_qopt->qopt.count[i];
 	}