diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
index 1f3a8cf42765..731004713698 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
@@ -5236,6 +5236,8 @@ int rvu_mbox_handler_nix_bandprof_free(struct rvu *rvu,
 
 		ipolicer = &nix_hw->ipolicer[layer];
 		for (idx = 0; idx < req->prof_count[layer]; idx++) {
+			if (idx == MAX_BANDPROF_PER_PFFUNC)
+				break;
 			prof_idx = req->prof_idx[layer][idx];
 			if (prof_idx >= ipolicer->band_prof.max ||
 			    ipolicer->pfvf_map[prof_idx] != pcifunc)
@@ -5249,8 +5251,6 @@ int rvu_mbox_handler_nix_bandprof_free(struct rvu *rvu,
 			ipolicer->pfvf_map[prof_idx] = 0x00;
 			ipolicer->match_id[prof_idx] = 0;
 			rvu_free_rsrc(&ipolicer->band_prof, prof_idx);
-			if (idx == MAX_BANDPROF_PER_PFFUNC)
-				break;
 		}
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&rvu->rsrc_lock);