diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c
index 5c9e462276b9cbc25a8b5c2748988286fe17884f..cea472a7c335e561082d42827579697fa1bacbef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ static void stmmac_default_data(struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat)
 
 	/* Set the maxmtu to a default of JUMBO_LEN */
 	plat->maxmtu = JUMBO_LEN;
+
+	/* Set default number of RX and TX queues to use */
+	plat->tx_queues_to_use = 1;
+	plat->rx_queues_to_use = 1;
 }
 
 static int quark_default_data(struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat,