diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105.h b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105.h
index f9e87fb33da0..7ec40c4b2d5a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105.h
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ struct sja1105_private {
 	unsigned long ucast_egress_floods;
 	unsigned long bcast_egress_floods;
 	const struct sja1105_info *info;
+	size_t max_xfer_len;
 	struct gpio_desc *reset_gpio;
 	struct spi_device *spidev;
 	struct dsa_switch *ds;
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_main.c b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_main.c
index 1d2d34d40f84..585142caa5b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_main.c
@@ -3563,6 +3563,7 @@ static int sja1105_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	struct sja1105_tagger_data *tagger_data;
 	struct device *dev = &spi->dev;
 	struct sja1105_private *priv;
+	size_t max_xfer, max_msg;
 	struct dsa_switch *ds;
 	int rc, port;
 
@@ -3596,6 +3597,33 @@ static int sja1105_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 		return rc;
 	}
 
+	/* In sja1105_xfer, we send spi_messages composed of two spi_transfers:
+	 * a small one for the message header and another one for the current
+	 * chunk of the packed buffer.
+	 * Check that the restrictions imposed by the SPI controller are
+	 * respected: the chunk buffer is smaller than the max transfer size,
+	 * and the total length of the chunk plus its message header is smaller
+	 * than the max message size.
+	 * We do that during probe time since the maximum transfer size is a
+	 * runtime invariant.
+	 */
+	max_xfer = spi_max_transfer_size(spi);
+	max_msg = spi_max_message_size(spi);
+
+	/* We need to send at least one 64-bit word of SPI payload per message
+	 * in order to be able to make useful progress.
+	 */
+	if (max_msg < SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_HEADER + 8) {
+		dev_err(dev, "SPI master cannot send large enough buffers, aborting\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	priv->max_xfer_len = SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_MAXLEN;
+	if (priv->max_xfer_len > max_xfer)
+		priv->max_xfer_len = max_xfer;
+	if (priv->max_xfer_len > max_msg - SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_HEADER)
+		priv->max_xfer_len = max_msg - SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_HEADER;
+
 	priv->info = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
 
 	/* Detect hardware device */
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_spi.c b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_spi.c
index 8746e3f158a0..5a7b404bf3ce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_spi.c
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 #include "sja1105.h"
 
 #define SJA1105_SIZE_RESET_CMD		4
-#define SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_HEADER	4
-#define SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_MAXLEN	(64 * 4)
 
 struct sja1105_chunk {
 	u8	*buf;
@@ -40,19 +38,19 @@ static int sja1105_xfer(const struct sja1105_private *priv,
 			size_t len, struct ptp_system_timestamp *ptp_sts)
 {
 	u8 hdr_buf[SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_HEADER] = {0};
-	struct sja1105_chunk chunk = {
-		.len = min_t(size_t, len, SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_MAXLEN),
-		.reg_addr = reg_addr,
-		.buf = buf,
-	};
 	struct spi_device *spi = priv->spidev;
 	struct spi_transfer xfers[2] = {0};
 	struct spi_transfer *chunk_xfer;
 	struct spi_transfer *hdr_xfer;
+	struct sja1105_chunk chunk;
 	int num_chunks;
 	int rc, i = 0;
 
-	num_chunks = DIV_ROUND_UP(len, SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_MAXLEN);
+	num_chunks = DIV_ROUND_UP(len, priv->max_xfer_len);
+
+	chunk.reg_addr = reg_addr;
+	chunk.buf = buf;
+	chunk.len = min_t(size_t, len, priv->max_xfer_len);
 
 	hdr_xfer = &xfers[0];
 	chunk_xfer = &xfers[1];
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ static int sja1105_xfer(const struct sja1105_private *priv,
 		chunk.buf += chunk.len;
 		chunk.reg_addr += chunk.len / 4;
 		chunk.len = min_t(size_t, (ptrdiff_t)(buf + len - chunk.buf),
-				  SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_MAXLEN);
+				  priv->max_xfer_len);
 
 		rc = spi_sync_transfer(spi, xfers, 2);
 		if (rc < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_static_config.h b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_static_config.h
index bc7606899289..779eb6840f05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_static_config.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_static_config.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <asm/types.h>
 
+#define SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_HEADER			4
+#define SJA1105_SIZE_SPI_MSG_MAXLEN			(64 * 4)
 #define SJA1105_SIZE_DEVICE_ID				4
 #define SJA1105_SIZE_TABLE_HEADER			12
 #define SJA1105_SIZE_SCHEDULE_ENTRY			8
