diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index b3a7f508434b26c2bde85d6b994949b615b981c8..2f9de2e9f38e93464676fae4c12ac8f81dca2ad5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -1503,8 +1503,7 @@ static int netvsc_probe(struct hv_device *dev,
 	/* Notify the netvsc driver of the new device */
 	memset(&device_info, 0, sizeof(device_info));
 	device_info.ring_size = ring_size;
-	device_info.max_num_vrss_chns = min_t(u32, VRSS_CHANNEL_DEFAULT,
-					      num_online_cpus());
+	device_info.num_chn = VRSS_CHANNEL_DEFAULT;
 	ret = rndis_filter_device_add(dev, &device_info);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		netdev_err(net, "unable to add netvsc device (ret %d)\n", ret);
diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
index 382b9a62e3c4ae9189b951e4bb4401864d409c97..d193d549cec667633817ff21b0d4bb1ca32bc15a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c
@@ -1181,33 +1181,28 @@ int rndis_filter_device_add(struct hv_device *dev,
 	if (ret || rsscap.num_recv_que < 2)
 		goto out;
 
-	net_device->max_chn = min_t(u32, VRSS_CHANNEL_MAX, rsscap.num_recv_que);
-
-	num_rss_qs = min(device_info->max_num_vrss_chns, net_device->max_chn);
-
 	/*
 	 * We will limit the VRSS channels to the number CPUs in the NUMA node
 	 * the primary channel is currently bound to.
+	 *
+	 * This also guarantees that num_possible_rss_qs <= num_online_cpus
 	 */
 	node_cpu_mask = cpumask_of_node(cpu_to_node(dev->channel->target_cpu));
-	num_possible_rss_qs = cpumask_weight(node_cpu_mask);
+	num_possible_rss_qs = min_t(u32, cpumask_weight(node_cpu_mask),
+				    rsscap.num_recv_que);
 
-	/* We will use the given number of channels if available. */
-	if (device_info->num_chn && device_info->num_chn < net_device->max_chn)
-		net_device->num_chn = device_info->num_chn;
-	else
-		net_device->num_chn = min(num_possible_rss_qs, num_rss_qs);
+	net_device->max_chn = min_t(u32, VRSS_CHANNEL_MAX, num_possible_rss_qs);
 
-	num_rss_qs = net_device->num_chn - 1;
+	/* We will use the given number of channels if available. */
+	net_device->num_chn = min(net_device->max_chn, device_info->num_chn);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ITAB_NUM; i++)
 		rndis_device->ind_table[i] = ethtool_rxfh_indir_default(i,
 							net_device->num_chn);
 
-	net_device->num_sc_offered = num_rss_qs;
-
-	if (net_device->num_chn == 1)
-		goto out;
+	num_rss_qs = net_device->num_chn - 1;
+	if (num_rss_qs == 0)
+		return 0;
 
 	vmbus_set_sc_create_callback(dev->channel, netvsc_sc_open);