diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-ram.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-ram.c
index 9e8e82cdba4612..61b0d6fa52dd80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-ram.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-ram.c
@@ -97,7 +97,16 @@ void can_ram_get_layout(struct can_ram_layout *layout,
 	if (ring) {
 		u8 num_rx_coalesce = 0, num_tx_coalesce = 0;
 
-		num_rx = can_ram_rounddown_pow_of_two(config, &config->rx, 0, ring->rx_pending);
+		/* If the ring parameters have been configured in
+		 * CAN-CC mode, but and we are in CAN-FD mode now,
+		 * they might be to big. Use the default CAN-FD values
+		 * in this case.
+		 */
+		num_rx = ring->rx_pending;
+		if (num_rx > layout->max_rx)
+			num_rx = layout->default_rx;
+
+		num_rx = can_ram_rounddown_pow_of_two(config, &config->rx, 0, num_rx);
 
 		/* The ethtool doc says:
 		 * To disable coalescing, set usecs = 0 and max_frames = 1.
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-ring.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-ring.c
index 7bd2bcb5cf876e..83c18035b2a24d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-ring.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/mcp251xfd/mcp251xfd-ring.c
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ int mcp251xfd_ring_init(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv)
 	const struct mcp251xfd_rx_ring *rx_ring;
 	u16 base = 0, ram_used;
 	u8 fifo_nr = 1;
-	int i;
+	int err = 0, i;
 
 	netdev_reset_queue(priv->ndev);
 
@@ -386,10 +386,18 @@ int mcp251xfd_ring_init(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv)
 		netdev_err(priv->ndev,
 			   "Error during ring configuration, using more RAM (%u bytes) than available (%u bytes).\n",
 			   ram_used, MCP251XFD_RAM_SIZE);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	if (priv->tx_obj_num_coalesce_irq &&
+	    priv->tx_obj_num_coalesce_irq * 2 != priv->tx->obj_num) {
+		netdev_err(priv->ndev,
+			   "Error during ring configuration, number of TEF coalescing buffers (%u) must be half of TEF buffers (%u).\n",
+			   priv->tx_obj_num_coalesce_irq, priv->tx->obj_num);
+		err = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 void mcp251xfd_ring_free(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv)
@@ -469,11 +477,25 @@ int mcp251xfd_ring_alloc(struct mcp251xfd_priv *priv)
 
 	/* switching from CAN-2.0 to CAN-FD mode or vice versa */
 	if (fd_mode != test_bit(MCP251XFD_FLAGS_FD_MODE, priv->flags)) {
+		const struct ethtool_ringparam ring = {
+			.rx_pending = priv->rx_obj_num,
+			.tx_pending = priv->tx->obj_num,
+		};
+		const struct ethtool_coalesce ec = {
+			.rx_coalesce_usecs_irq = priv->rx_coalesce_usecs_irq,
+			.rx_max_coalesced_frames_irq = priv->rx_obj_num_coalesce_irq,
+			.tx_coalesce_usecs_irq = priv->tx_coalesce_usecs_irq,
+			.tx_max_coalesced_frames_irq = priv->tx_obj_num_coalesce_irq,
+		};
 		struct can_ram_layout layout;
 
-		can_ram_get_layout(&layout, &mcp251xfd_ram_config, NULL, NULL, fd_mode);
-		priv->rx_obj_num = layout.default_rx;
-		tx_ring->obj_num = layout.default_tx;
+		can_ram_get_layout(&layout, &mcp251xfd_ram_config, &ring, &ec, fd_mode);
+
+		priv->rx_obj_num = layout.cur_rx;
+		priv->rx_obj_num_coalesce_irq = layout.rx_coalesce;
+
+		tx_ring->obj_num = layout.cur_tx;
+		priv->tx_obj_num_coalesce_irq = layout.tx_coalesce;
 	}
 
 	if (fd_mode) {