diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/libcxgb_ppm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/libcxgb_ppm.c
index 74849be5f004..e2919005ead3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/libcxgb_ppm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/libcxgb/libcxgb_ppm.c
@@ -354,7 +354,10 @@ static struct cxgbi_ppm_pool *ppm_alloc_cpu_pool(unsigned int *total,
 		ppmax = max;
 
 	/* pool size must be multiple of unsigned long */
-	bmap = BITS_TO_LONGS(ppmax);
+	bmap = ppmax / BITS_PER_TYPE(unsigned long);
+	if (!bmap)
+		return NULL;
+
 	ppmax = (bmap * sizeof(unsigned long)) << 3;
 
 	alloc_sz = sizeof(*pools) + sizeof(unsigned long) * bmap;
@@ -402,6 +405,10 @@ int cxgbi_ppm_init(void **ppm_pp, struct net_device *ndev,
 	if (reserve_factor) {
 		ppmax_pool = ppmax / reserve_factor;
 		pool = ppm_alloc_cpu_pool(&ppmax_pool, &pool_index_max);
+		if (!pool) {
+			ppmax_pool = 0;
+			reserve_factor = 0;
+		}
 
 		pr_debug("%s: ppmax %u, cpu total %u, per cpu %u.\n",
 			 ndev->name, ppmax, ppmax_pool, pool_index_max);