diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
index f30adbf86bb2978b731e0b9c8ac60aef3e98e2ec..6180089bf67a71223875c4930c005395f92546c2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
@@ -654,9 +654,8 @@ static int gfar_of_init(struct platform_device *ofdev, struct net_device **pdev)
 	priv->node = ofdev->dev.of_node;
 	priv->ndev = dev;
 
-	dev->num_tx_queues = num_tx_qs;
-	dev->real_num_tx_queues = num_tx_qs;
 	priv->num_tx_queues = num_tx_qs;
+	netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(dev, num_rx_qs);
 	priv->num_rx_queues = num_rx_qs;
 	priv->num_grps = 0x0;