diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
index 998da4a2d209..de2409889489 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
@@ -4538,6 +4538,22 @@ void br_multicast_set_query_intvl(struct net_bridge_mcast *brmctx,
 	brmctx->multicast_query_interval = intvl_jiffies;
 }
 
+void br_multicast_set_startup_query_intvl(struct net_bridge_mcast *brmctx,
+					  unsigned long val)
+{
+	unsigned long intvl_jiffies = clock_t_to_jiffies(val);
+
+	if (intvl_jiffies < BR_MULTICAST_STARTUP_QUERY_INTVL_MIN) {
+		br_info(brmctx->br,
+			"trying to set multicast startup query interval below minimum, setting to %lu (%ums)\n",
+			jiffies_to_clock_t(BR_MULTICAST_STARTUP_QUERY_INTVL_MIN),
+			jiffies_to_msecs(BR_MULTICAST_STARTUP_QUERY_INTVL_MIN));
+		intvl_jiffies = BR_MULTICAST_STARTUP_QUERY_INTVL_MIN;
+	}
+
+	brmctx->multicast_startup_query_interval = intvl_jiffies;
+}
+
 /**
  * br_multicast_list_adjacent - Returns snooped multicast addresses
  * @dev:	The bridge port adjacent to which to retrieve addresses
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 701dd8b8455e..2ff83d84230d 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ static int br_changelink(struct net_device *brdev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	if (data[IFLA_BR_MCAST_STARTUP_QUERY_INTVL]) {
 		u64 val = nla_get_u64(data[IFLA_BR_MCAST_STARTUP_QUERY_INTVL]);
 
-		br->multicast_ctx.multicast_startup_query_interval = clock_t_to_jiffies(val);
+		br_multicast_set_startup_query_intvl(&br->multicast_ctx, val);
 	}
 
 	if (data[IFLA_BR_MCAST_STATS_ENABLED]) {
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index 4ed7f11042e8..2187a0c3fd22 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 #define BR_MULTICAST_DEFAULT_HASH_MAX 4096
 #define BR_MULTICAST_QUERY_INTVL_MIN msecs_to_jiffies(1000)
+#define BR_MULTICAST_STARTUP_QUERY_INTVL_MIN BR_MULTICAST_QUERY_INTVL_MIN
 
 #define BR_HWDOM_MAX BITS_PER_LONG
 
@@ -966,6 +967,8 @@ size_t br_multicast_querier_state_size(void);
 size_t br_rports_size(const struct net_bridge_mcast *brmctx);
 void br_multicast_set_query_intvl(struct net_bridge_mcast *brmctx,
 				  unsigned long val);
+void br_multicast_set_startup_query_intvl(struct net_bridge_mcast *brmctx,
+					  unsigned long val);
 
 static inline bool br_group_is_l2(const struct br_ip *group)
 {
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index f5bd1114a434..7b0c19772111 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ static ssize_t multicast_startup_query_interval_show(
 static int set_startup_query_interval(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val,
 				      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
-	br->multicast_ctx.multicast_startup_query_interval = clock_t_to_jiffies(val);
+	br_multicast_set_startup_query_intvl(&br->multicast_ctx, val);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c
index bf1ac0874279..a6382973b3e7 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static int br_vlan_process_global_one_opts(const struct net_bridge *br,
 		u64 val;
 
 		val = nla_get_u64(tb[BRIDGE_VLANDB_GOPTS_MCAST_STARTUP_QUERY_INTVL]);
-		v->br_mcast_ctx.multicast_startup_query_interval = clock_t_to_jiffies(val);
+		br_multicast_set_startup_query_intvl(&v->br_mcast_ctx, val);
 		*changed = true;
 	}
 	if (tb[BRIDGE_VLANDB_GOPTS_MCAST_QUERIER]) {