static ssize_t set_nfilters(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int val)
 {
        struct adapter *adap = dev->priv;
+       int min_tids = is_offload(adap) ? MC5_MIN_TIDS : 0;
 
        if (adap->flags & FULL_INIT_DONE)
                return -EBUSY;
        if (val && adap->params.rev == 0)
                return -EINVAL;
-       if (val > t3_mc5_size(&adap->mc5) - adap->params.mc5.nservers)
+       if (val > t3_mc5_size(&adap->mc5) - adap->params.mc5.nservers -
+           min_tids)
                return -EINVAL;
        adap->params.mc5.nfilters = val;
        return 0;
 
        if (adap->flags & FULL_INIT_DONE)
                return -EBUSY;
-       if (val > t3_mc5_size(&adap->mc5) - adap->params.mc5.nfilters)
+       if (val > t3_mc5_size(&adap->mc5) - adap->params.mc5.nfilters -
+           MC5_MIN_TIDS)
                return -EINVAL;
        adap->params.mc5.nservers = val;
        return 0;
 
        struct tid_info *t = &(T3C_DATA(tdev))->tid_maps;
 
        spin_lock_bh(&t->atid_lock);
-       if (t->afree) {
+       if (t->afree &&
+           t->atids_in_use + atomic_read(&t->tids_in_use) + MC5_MIN_TIDS <=
+           t->ntids) {
                union active_open_entry *p = t->afree;
 
                atid = (p - t->atid_tab) + t->atid_base;