diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_nat.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_nat.c
index 8ced02501f84..3c24d13e7c76 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_nat.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_nat.c
@@ -1366,8 +1366,9 @@ int ipa3_nat_init_cmd(
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
-	if (init->table_entries == 0) {
-		IPAERR_RL("Table entries is zero\n");
+	if (init->table_entries == 0 ||
+		init->table_entries == U16_MAX) {
+		IPAERR_RL("Table entries is %d\n", init->table_entries);
 		result = -EPERM;
 		goto bail;
 	}