diff --git a/drivers/firewire/net.c b/drivers/firewire/net.c
index 03a7a85..d1fad1f 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/net.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/net.c
@@ -502,11 +502,7 @@
 static unsigned fwnet_max_payload(unsigned max_rec, unsigned speed)
 {
 	max_rec = min(max_rec, speed + 8);
-	max_rec = min(max_rec, 0xbU); /* <= 4096 */
-	if (max_rec < 8) {
-		fw_notify("max_rec %x out of range\n", max_rec);
-		max_rec = 8;
-	}
+	max_rec = clamp(max_rec, 8U, 11U); /* 512...4096 */
 
 	return (1 << (max_rec + 1)) - RFC2374_FRAG_HDR_SIZE;
 }