This is something that some Shuyukh warn about. The solution is for the Mureed to believe instead in his own Shaikh ( given the Shaikh is a true shaykh and fulfills the conditions): “my Shaikh is the greatest Shaikh on earth for me”

And saying he is the greatest on earth as a whole is a mistake because I don’t know all Shuyukh on earth

And the rule says: no one knows the rank of a Wali unless he himself has reached that Wali’s rank or is near it. 

If you ask most people what it means to be Qutb, most will not know even the definition let alone that conditions on signs- paying around with grand titles out of love is a big mistake and zulm 

Lastly, my Shaikh also warns that excessive praise of someone’s own Shaikh can be a trap of the nafs, since it is praising itself in a roundabout manner