diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index d4f495b41bd4..7e3b2e27b244 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2637,7 +2637,7 @@ static int vxlan_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
 
 	if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID]) {
 		__u32 id = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID]);
-		if (id >= VXLAN_VID_MASK)
+		if (id >= VXLAN_N_VID)
 			return -ERANGE;
 	}