diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
index de948d36fb15bfb2bb739d898dbe7eaa74989786..ddacd2c990793a3610a1723fc3183840b20ca3cd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
@@ -3758,8 +3758,19 @@ static void find_num_cpus(struct beiscsi_hba *phba)
 				  BEISCSI_MAX_NUM_CPUS : num_cpus;
 		break;
 	case BE_GEN4:
-		phba->num_cpus = (num_cpus > OC_SKH_MAX_NUM_CPUS) ?
-				  OC_SKH_MAX_NUM_CPUS : num_cpus;
+		/*
+		 * If eqid_count == 1 fall back to
+		 * INTX mechanism
+		 **/
+		if (phba->fw_config.eqid_count == 1) {
+			enable_msix = 0;
+			phba->num_cpus = 1;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		phba->num_cpus =
+			(num_cpus > (phba->fw_config.eqid_count - 1)) ?
+			(phba->fw_config.eqid_count - 1) : num_cpus;
 		break;
 	default:
 		phba->num_cpus = 1;
@@ -5275,20 +5286,6 @@ static int beiscsi_dev_probe(struct pci_dev *pcidev,
 		phba->generation = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (enable_msix)
-		find_num_cpus(phba);
-	else
-		phba->num_cpus = 1;
-
-	beiscsi_log(phba, KERN_INFO, BEISCSI_LOG_INIT,
-		    "BM_%d : num_cpus = %d\n",
-		    phba->num_cpus);
-
-	if (enable_msix) {
-		beiscsi_msix_enable(phba);
-		if (!phba->msix_enabled)
-			phba->num_cpus = 1;
-	}
 	ret = be_ctrl_init(phba, pcidev);
 	if (ret) {
 		beiscsi_log(phba, KERN_ERR, BEISCSI_LOG_INIT,
@@ -5320,6 +5317,22 @@ static int beiscsi_dev_probe(struct pci_dev *pcidev,
 			    "BM_%d : Error getting fw config\n");
 		goto free_port;
 	}
+
+	if (enable_msix)
+		find_num_cpus(phba);
+	else
+		phba->num_cpus = 1;
+
+	beiscsi_log(phba, KERN_INFO, BEISCSI_LOG_INIT,
+		    "BM_%d : num_cpus = %d\n",
+		    phba->num_cpus);
+
+	if (enable_msix) {
+		beiscsi_msix_enable(phba);
+		if (!phba->msix_enabled)
+			phba->num_cpus = 1;
+	}
+
 	phba->shost->max_id = phba->params.cxns_per_ctrl;
 	beiscsi_get_params(phba);
 	phba->shost->can_queue = phba->params.ios_per_ctrl;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.h b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.h
index 3fa1e819f42d1765f0126d58443b7aee7763e7c6..88291b0051bfd82abd2ca89d1fd3d926e7f4318b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 
 #define MAX_CPUS		64
 #define BEISCSI_MAX_NUM_CPUS	7
-#define OC_SKH_MAX_NUM_CPUS	31
 
 #define BEISCSI_VER_STRLEN 32
 
@@ -377,6 +376,8 @@ struct beiscsi_hba {
 		 * for cid to cri conversion
 		 */
 		unsigned int phys_port;
+		unsigned int eqid_count;
+		unsigned int cqid_count;
 		unsigned int iscsi_cid_start[BEISCSI_ULP_COUNT];
 #define BEISCSI_GET_CID_COUNT(phba, ulp_num) \
 		(phba->fw_config.iscsi_cid_count[ulp_num])
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_mgmt.c b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_mgmt.c
index 7b0b13f69b69de6d74595f035ef7a3089b98fbf1..befeace182579f008f9eb8f37efe7a5165090310 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_mgmt.c
@@ -311,6 +311,17 @@ int mgmt_get_fw_config(struct be_ctrl_info *ctrl,
 		struct be_fw_cfg *pfw_cfg;
 		pfw_cfg = req;
 
+		if (!is_chip_be2_be3r(phba)) {
+			phba->fw_config.eqid_count = pfw_cfg->eqid_count;
+			phba->fw_config.cqid_count = pfw_cfg->cqid_count;
+
+			beiscsi_log(phba, KERN_INFO,
+				    BEISCSI_LOG_INIT,
+				    "BG_%d : EQ_Count : %d CQ_Count : %d\n",
+				    phba->fw_config.eqid_count,
+				    phba->fw_config.cqid_count);
+		}
+
 		for (ulp_num = 0; ulp_num < BEISCSI_ULP_COUNT; ulp_num++)
 			if (pfw_cfg->ulp[ulp_num].ulp_mode &
 			    BEISCSI_ULP_ISCSI_INI_MODE)