diff --git a/src/urma/tools/urma_perftest/perftest_resources.c b/src/urma/tools/urma_perftest/perftest_resources.c
index ebbce5412185e9cd8aee8b3ca3bf2dccec4f9b09..7d3af418b7f43ecc7270d9ccd1dae15d5fce97e6 100644
--- a/src/urma/tools/urma_perftest/perftest_resources.c
+++ b/src/urma/tools/urma_perftest/perftest_resources.c
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ static int check_share_jfr(perftest_config_t *cfg, urma_device_t *urma_dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static uint32_t max_power_of_two_less_than(uint32_t n)
+{
+    if (n <= 1)
+        return 0;
+    uint32_t res = 1;
+    while ((1U << res) < n) {
+        res += 1;
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
 static int check_dev_cap(perftest_context_t *ctx, perftest_config_t *cfg)
 {
     struct urma_device *urma_dev = ctx->urma_ctx->dev;
@@ -106,6 +117,12 @@ static int check_dev_cap(perftest_context_t *ctx, perftest_config_t *cfg)
         return -1;
     }
 
+    uint32_t max_order = max_power_of_two_less_than(ctx->dev_attr.dev_cap.max_msg_size);
+    if (cfg->order > max_order) {
+        (void)printf("Warning: order size out of range, max_order:%u.\n", max_order);
+        cfg->order = max_order;
+    }
+
     if (cfg->jetty_mode == PERFTEST_JETTY_DUPLEX && cfg->jettys > ctx->dev_attr.dev_cap.max_jetty) {
         (void)printf("Error: jettys: %u out of range, max_jetty: %u.\n", cfg->jettys,
             ctx->dev_attr.dev_cap.max_jetty);