diff --git a/net/rose/rose_route.c b/net/rose/rose_route.c
index e556d92c0bc4..b18fe5043019 100644
--- a/net/rose/rose_route.c
+++ b/net/rose/rose_route.c
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ int rose_rt_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 		}
 		if (rose_route.mask > 10) /* Mask can't be more than 10 digits */
 			return -EINVAL;
-		if (rose_route.ndigis > 8) /* No more than 8 digipeats */
+		if (rose_route.ndigis > AX25_MAX_DIGIS)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		err = rose_add_node(&rose_route, dev);
 		dev_put(dev);