diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index eb24b403534f1bb33906d393a3af17fd0cf61980..85c47aa16a31f4c82b56200ac603c5df75e42ec1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -2931,6 +2931,8 @@ void igb_set_flag_queue_pairs(struct igb_adapter *adapter,
 		 */
 		if (adapter->rss_queues > (max_rss_queues / 2))
 			adapter->flags |= IGB_FLAG_QUEUE_PAIRS;
+		else
+			adapter->flags &= ~IGB_FLAG_QUEUE_PAIRS;
 		break;
 	}
 }