diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
index a6318c421695fc632c5ac208efdb9c14249c84bd..be1b72b938882d73d5f522f8aab58b0fda2275bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ struct i40e_vsi {
 #define I40E_TX_DESC(R, i) (&(((struct i40e_tx_desc *)((R)->desc))[i]))
 #define I40E_TX_CTXTDESC(R, i) \
 	(&(((struct i40e_tx_context_desc *)((R)->desc))[i]))
-#define MAX_RX_QUEUES 8
-#define MAX_TX_QUEUES MAX_RX_QUEUES
+#define MAX_QUEUES 16
 
 #define I40EVF_HKEY_ARRAY_SIZE ((I40E_VFQF_HKEY_MAX_INDEX + 1) * 4)
 #define I40EVF_HLUT_ARRAY_SIZE ((I40E_VFQF_HLUT_MAX_INDEX + 1) * 4)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index 7ef10424a67f43a9e88c17b1f1262e9a18252640..38f882cede145fdd4db37a7bed030517c42dd827 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -2615,8 +2615,7 @@ static int i40evf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 	pci_set_master(pdev);
 
-	netdev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(struct i40evf_adapter),
-				   MAX_TX_QUEUES);
+	netdev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(struct i40evf_adapter), MAX_QUEUES);
 	if (!netdev) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_alloc_etherdev;