{
        u64 dev_flags = dev->flags;
        int err = 0;
+       int fw_enabled_sriov_vfs = min(pci_sriov_get_totalvfs(pdev),
+                                       MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF);
 
        if (reset_flow) {
                dev->dev_vfs = kcalloc(total_vfs, sizeof(*dev->dev_vfs),
        }
 
        if (!(dev->flags &  MLX4_FLAG_SRIOV)) {
+               if (total_vfs > fw_enabled_sriov_vfs) {
+                       mlx4_err(dev, "requested vfs (%d) > available vfs (%d). Continuing without SR_IOV\n",
+                                total_vfs, fw_enabled_sriov_vfs);
+                       err = -ENOMEM;
+                       goto disable_sriov;
+               }
                mlx4_warn(dev, "Enabling SR-IOV with %d VFs\n", total_vfs);
                err = pci_enable_sriov(pdev, total_vfs);
        }
                        goto err_disable_pdev;
                }
        }
-       if (total_vfs >= MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF) {
+       if (total_vfs > MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-                       "Requested more VF's (%d) than allowed (%d)\n",
-                       total_vfs, MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF - 1);
+                       "Requested more VF's (%d) than allowed by hw (%d)\n",
+                       total_vfs, MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF);
                err = -EINVAL;
                goto err_disable_pdev;
        }
 
        for (i = 0; i < MLX4_MAX_PORTS; i++) {
-               if (nvfs[i] + nvfs[2] >= MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF_P_PORT) {
+               if (nvfs[i] + nvfs[2] > MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF_P_PORT) {
                        dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-                               "Requested more VF's (%d) for port (%d) than allowed (%d)\n",
+                               "Requested more VF's (%d) for port (%d) than allowed by driver (%d)\n",
                                nvfs[i] + nvfs[2], i + 1,
-                               MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF_P_PORT - 1);
+                               MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF_P_PORT);
                        err = -EINVAL;
                        goto err_disable_pdev;
                }