diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_com.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_com.c
index 5e2abdda73d1..dbc12e383ad2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_com.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_com.c
@@ -2992,8 +2992,8 @@ int ena_com_config_dev_mode(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev,
 			    struct ena_admin_feature_llq_desc *llq_features,
 			    struct ena_llq_configurations *llq_default_cfg)
 {
+	struct ena_com_llq_info *llq_info = &ena_dev->llq_info;
 	int rc;
-	int size;
 
 	if (!llq_features->max_llq_num) {
 		ena_dev->tx_mem_queue_type = ENA_ADMIN_PLACEMENT_POLICY_HOST;
@@ -3004,12 +3004,10 @@ int ena_com_config_dev_mode(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev,
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	/* Validate the descriptor is not too big */
-	size = ena_dev->tx_max_header_size;
-	size += ena_dev->llq_info.descs_num_before_header *
-		sizeof(struct ena_eth_io_tx_desc);
+	ena_dev->tx_max_header_size = llq_info->desc_list_entry_size -
+		(llq_info->descs_num_before_header * sizeof(struct ena_eth_io_tx_desc));
 
-	if (unlikely(ena_dev->llq_info.desc_list_entry_size < size)) {
+	if (unlikely(ena_dev->tx_max_header_size == 0)) {
 		pr_err("the size of the LLQ entry is smaller than needed\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}