diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
index 08b727506575e7acf258a737972b4a4b54ed5ae4..d6d8e7074c837c9a43b35c8073dac85e01c7a142 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ int aq_nic_cfg_start(struct aq_nic_s *self)
 	else
 		cfg->vecs = 1U;
 
+	cfg->num_rss_queues = min(cfg->vecs, AQ_CFG_NUM_RSS_QUEUES_DEF);
+
 	cfg->irq_type = aq_pci_func_get_irq_type(self->aq_pci_func);
 
 	if ((cfg->irq_type == AQ_HW_IRQ_LEGACY) ||