diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index bcd95533905865d38c80f72ac32e34f8a653a839..edbe200ac2fa4a11ad30bb8f08d8f7e3cb910708 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -1638,7 +1638,8 @@ int mlx4_en_start_port(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* Configure tx cq's and rings */
 	for (t = 0 ; t < MLX4_EN_NUM_TX_TYPES; t++) {
-		u8 num_tx_rings_p_up = t == TX ? priv->num_tx_rings_p_up : 1;
+		u8 num_tx_rings_p_up = t == TX ?
+			priv->num_tx_rings_p_up : priv->tx_ring_num[t];
 
 		for (i = 0; i < priv->tx_ring_num[t]; i++) {
 			/* Configure cq */