diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
index 77c8f650f7ac..3e1c70c74622 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ int otx2_pool_init(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, u16 pool_id,
 	}
 
 	pp_params.flags = PP_FLAG_PAGE_FRAG | PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP;
-	pp_params.pool_size = numptrs;
+	pp_params.pool_size = min(OTX2_PAGE_POOL_SZ, numptrs);
 	pp_params.nid = NUMA_NO_NODE;
 	pp_params.dev = pfvf->dev;
 	pp_params.dma_dir = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.h
index b5d689eeff80..9e3bfbe5c480 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_txrx.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #define	OTX2_ETH_HLEN		(VLAN_ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN)
 #define	OTX2_MIN_MTU		60
 
+#define OTX2_PAGE_POOL_SZ	2048
+
 #define OTX2_MAX_GSO_SEGS	255
 #define OTX2_MAX_FRAGS_IN_SQE	9