diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 18d385e..88e8467 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -2338,6 +2338,32 @@ devlink_resource_validate_children(struct devlink_resource *resource)
 	resource->size_valid = size_valid;
 }
 
+static int
+devlink_resource_validate_size(struct devlink_resource *resource, u64 size,
+			       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	u64 reminder;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (size > resource->size_params->size_max) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Size larger than maximum");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (size < resource->size_params->size_min) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Size smaller than minimum");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	div64_u64_rem(size, resource->size_params->size_granularity, &reminder);
+	if (reminder) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Wrong granularity");
+		err = -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int devlink_nl_cmd_resource_set(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				       struct genl_info *info)
 {
@@ -2356,12 +2382,8 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_resource_set(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (!resource)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!resource->resource_ops->size_validate)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	size = nla_get_u64(info->attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_RESOURCE_SIZE]);
-	err = resource->resource_ops->size_validate(devlink, size,
-						    info->extack);
+	err = devlink_resource_validate_size(resource, size, info->extack);
 	if (err)
 		return err;