diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 26b781770d4f..3e05db942a18 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ nl80211_mbssid_config_policy[NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
 	[NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_TX_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_EMA] = { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 	[NL80211_MBSSID_CONFIG_ATTR_TX_LINK_ID] =
-		NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U8, IEEE80211_MLD_MAX_NUM_LINKS),
+		NLA_POLICY_RANGE(NLA_U8, 0, IEEE80211_MLD_MAX_NUM_LINKS - 1),
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy