diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index 1783705273d89773c0a462cb28684f2969e55ac4..f7bf312fb44311b1c436c4eb3706341db92c1db0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ int mlx4_en_create_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	ring->hwtstamp_tx_type = priv->hwtstamp_config.tx_type;
 	ring->queue_index = queue_index;
 
-	if (queue_index < priv->num_tx_rings_p_up && cpu_online(queue_index))
-		cpumask_set_cpu(queue_index, &ring->affinity_mask);
+	if (queue_index < priv->num_tx_rings_p_up)
+		cpumask_set_cpu_local_first(queue_index,
+					    priv->mdev->dev->numa_node,
+					    &ring->affinity_mask);
 
 	*pring = ring;
 	return 0;
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ int mlx4_en_activate_tx_ring(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 
 	err = mlx4_qp_to_ready(mdev->dev, &ring->wqres.mtt, &ring->context,
 			       &ring->qp, &ring->qp_state);
-	if (!user_prio && cpu_online(ring->queue_index))
+	if (!cpumask_empty(&ring->affinity_mask))
 		netif_set_xps_queue(priv->dev, &ring->affinity_mask,
 				    ring->queue_index);