diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
index 720760d467fa0443e60525700183809ecb499889..1a1a6380c128c4522b330907cc16258f0e012189 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.c
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ void aq_nic_cfg_start(struct aq_nic_s *self)
 	/*rss rings */
 	cfg->vecs = min(cfg->aq_hw_caps->vecs, AQ_CFG_VECS_DEF);
 	cfg->vecs = min(cfg->vecs, num_online_cpus());
+	cfg->vecs = min(cfg->vecs, self->irqvecs);
 	/* cfg->vecs should be power of 2 for RSS */
 	if (cfg->vecs >= 8U)
 		cfg->vecs = 8U;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.h
index 219b550d16650bd6b205fb6e10855627a0fd277b..faa533a0ec474116b7d84369c947a7f0f1bfa853 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_nic.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct aq_nic_s {
 
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
 	unsigned int msix_entry_mask;
+	u32 irqvecs;
 };
 
 static inline struct device *aq_nic_get_dev(struct aq_nic_s *self)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_pci_func.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_pci_func.c
index ecc6306f940f5d9f975d9cd422114f0be05c3435..a50e08bb4748386f999b1898b8207d973ac3508b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_pci_func.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_pci_func.c
@@ -267,16 +267,16 @@ static int aq_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	numvecs = min(numvecs, num_online_cpus());
 	/*enable interrupts */
 #if !AQ_CFG_FORCE_LEGACY_INT
-	err = pci_alloc_irq_vectors(self->pdev, numvecs, numvecs,
-				    PCI_IRQ_MSIX);
-
-	if (err < 0) {
-		err = pci_alloc_irq_vectors(self->pdev, 1, 1,
-					    PCI_IRQ_MSI | PCI_IRQ_LEGACY);
-		if (err < 0)
-			goto err_hwinit;
+	numvecs = pci_alloc_irq_vectors(self->pdev, 1, numvecs,
+					PCI_IRQ_MSIX | PCI_IRQ_MSI |
+					PCI_IRQ_LEGACY);
+
+	if (numvecs < 0) {
+		err = numvecs;
+		goto err_hwinit;
 	}
 #endif
+	self->irqvecs = numvecs;
 
 	/* net device init */
 	aq_nic_cfg_start(self);
@@ -298,9 +298,9 @@ static int aq_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	kfree(self->aq_hw);
 err_ioremap:
 	free_netdev(ndev);
-err_pci_func:
-	pci_release_regions(pdev);
 err_ndev:
+	pci_release_regions(pdev);
+err_pci_func:
 	pci_disable_device(pdev);
 	return err;
 }