diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index eccbf5daf9ed..8b7861909ef9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -3827,12 +3827,24 @@ static void stmmac_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
 static int stmmac_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 {
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+	int txfifosz = priv->plat->tx_fifo_size;
+
+	if (txfifosz == 0)
+		txfifosz = priv->dma_cap.tx_fifo_size;
+
+	txfifosz /= priv->plat->tx_queues_to_use;
 
 	if (netif_running(dev)) {
 		netdev_err(priv->dev, "must be stopped to change its MTU\n");
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
+	new_mtu = STMMAC_ALIGN(new_mtu);
+
+	/* If condition true, FIFO is too small or MTU too large */
+	if ((txfifosz < new_mtu) || (new_mtu > BUF_SIZE_16KiB))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	dev->mtu = new_mtu;
 
 	netdev_update_features(dev);