EXHIBIT 31.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Kishore Seendripu, Ph.D., certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A of MaxLinear, Inc.; and

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

Date:	October 23, 2019		/s/ Kishore Seendripu, Ph.D.
			Kishore Seendripu, Ph.D.
			President and Chief Executive Officer
			(Principal Executive Officer)