diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/i2c.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/i2c.c
index 47af7ef7e4eeee..d23f293e285cb7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/i2c.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #define MLXSW_I2C_MBOX_SIZE_BITS	12
 #define MLXSW_I2C_ADDR_BUF_SIZE		4
 #define MLXSW_I2C_BLK_DEF		32
+#define MLXSW_I2C_BLK_MAX		100
 #define MLXSW_I2C_RETRY			5
 #define MLXSW_I2C_TIMEOUT_MSECS		5000
 #define MLXSW_I2C_MAX_DATA_SIZE		256
@@ -653,7 +654,7 @@ static int mlxsw_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		}
 
-		mlxsw_i2c->block_size = max_t(u16, MLXSW_I2C_BLK_DEF,
+		mlxsw_i2c->block_size = min_t(u16, MLXSW_I2C_BLK_MAX,
 					      min_t(u16, quirks->max_read_len,
 						    quirks->max_write_len));
 	} else {