diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c
index 39be9677914559e18829c64a4df0fb31e35b4de5..ae3e836f9bb664c0c4d9e116cbd57106935c9073 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_pci.c
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ static int quark_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;
+
 	return 0;
 }