diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 2c2ecea28a1bdac87a9ddef97c11a0572279dcc0..ab0251d541ab8c8ccc31091edc8e2458746d3cf8 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2119,6 +2119,9 @@ static inline int netif_copy_real_num_queues(struct net_device *to_dev,
 #endif
 }
 
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_NUM_RSS_QUEUES	(8)
+extern int netif_get_num_default_rss_queues(void);
+
 /* Use this variant when it is known for sure that it
  * is executing from hardware interrupt context or with hardware interrupts
  * disabled.
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ed674e212b7aa671ee7c8de594643233b4bf68f5..69f7a1a393d8f29998ad9cca0f8bb21a49ea3502 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1793,6 +1793,17 @@ int netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int rxq)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_set_real_num_rx_queues);
 #endif
 
+/* netif_get_num_default_rss_queues - default number of RSS queues
+ *
+ * This routine should set an upper limit on the number of RSS queues
+ * used by default by multiqueue devices.
+ */
+int netif_get_num_default_rss_queues()
+{
+	return min_t(int, DEFAULT_MAX_NUM_RSS_QUEUES, num_online_cpus());
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_get_num_default_rss_queues);
+
 static inline void __netif_reschedule(struct Qdisc *q)
 {
 	struct softnet_data *sd;