diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ina2xx.c b/drivers/hwmon/ina2xx.c
index 39e017bf92fd..3234e571805c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ina2xx.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ina2xx.c
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ static int ina2xx_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	data->config = &ina2xx_config[data->kind];
 	data->client = client;
 
-	if (data->rshunt <= 0)
+	if (data->rshunt <= 0 ||
+	    data->rshunt > data->config->calibration_factor)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	ret = ina2xx_init(data);