diff --git a/sys/contrib/ena-com/ena_com.c b/sys/contrib/ena-com/ena_com.c
--- a/sys/contrib/ena-com/ena_com.c
+++ b/sys/contrib/ena-com/ena_com.c
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
 
 #define ENA_REGS_ADMIN_INTR_MASK 1
 
+#define ENA_MAX_BACKOFF_DELAY_EXP 16U
+
 #define ENA_MIN_ADMIN_POLL_US 100
 
 #define ENA_MAX_ADMIN_POLL_US 5000
@@ -581,8 +583,9 @@
 
 static void ena_delay_exponential_backoff_us(u32 exp, u32 delay_us)
 {
+	exp = ENA_MIN32(ENA_MAX_BACKOFF_DELAY_EXP, exp);
 	delay_us = ENA_MAX32(ENA_MIN_ADMIN_POLL_US, delay_us);
-	delay_us = ENA_MIN32(delay_us * (1U << exp), ENA_MAX_ADMIN_POLL_US);
+	delay_us = ENA_MIN32(ENA_MAX_ADMIN_POLL_US, delay_us * (1U << exp));
 	ENA_USLEEP(delay_us);
 }