diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
index 49ba8bfdbf047a..45f88e6ec25e85 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_xsk.c
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@ int ice_xsk_pool_setup(struct ice_vsi *vsi, struct xsk_buff_pool *pool, u16 qid)
 	bool if_running, pool_present = !!pool;
 	int ret = 0, pool_failure = 0;
 
+	if (qid >= vsi->num_rxq || qid >= vsi->num_txq) {
+		netdev_err(vsi->netdev, "Please use queue id in scope of combined queues count\n");
+		pool_failure = -EINVAL;
+		goto failure;
+	}
+
 	if (!is_power_of_2(vsi->rx_rings[qid]->count) ||
 	    !is_power_of_2(vsi->tx_rings[qid]->count)) {
 		netdev_err(vsi->netdev, "Please align ring sizes to power of 2\n");