diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic_main.c
index 4974923b9d4498d8fb990b1877e28fc7358c3125..0d81117f019c48f1ce95ae03d9973bfd9665259d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic_main.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,12 @@ static int nic_num_sqs_en(struct nicpf *nic, int vf_en)
 	int pos, sqs_per_vf = MAX_SQS_PER_VF_SINGLE_NODE;
 	u16 total_vf;
 
+	/* Secondary Qsets are needed only if CPU count is
+	 * morethan MAX_QUEUES_PER_QSET.
+	 */
+	if (num_online_cpus() <= MAX_QUEUES_PER_QSET)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Check if its a multi-node environment */
 	if (nr_node_ids > 1)
 		sqs_per_vf = MAX_SQS_PER_VF;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
index 0c106350d5a8f4037d99bbf9ffb7a14921a529ec..d9efe2fb7b8186f23d3f8a576260760a9742116e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
@@ -1537,14 +1537,13 @@ static int nicvf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		goto err_release_regions;
 	}
 
-	qcount = MAX_CMP_QUEUES_PER_QS;
+	qcount = netif_get_num_default_rss_queues();
 
 	/* Restrict multiqset support only for host bound VFs */
 	if (pdev->is_virtfn) {
 		/* Set max number of queues per VF */
-		qcount = roundup(num_online_cpus(), MAX_CMP_QUEUES_PER_QS);
-		qcount = min(qcount,
-			     (MAX_SQS_PER_VF + 1) * MAX_CMP_QUEUES_PER_QS);
+		qcount = min_t(int, num_online_cpus(),
+			       (MAX_SQS_PER_VF + 1) * MAX_CMP_QUEUES_PER_QS);
 	}
 
 	netdev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(struct nicvf), qcount, qcount);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
index 0ff8e60deccb78a941f73163212a25b23301f871..e521a94dc79fc0fb2854a9faeee94b4cd35abde8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
@@ -762,10 +762,10 @@ int nicvf_set_qset_resources(struct nicvf *nic)
 	nic->qs = qs;
 
 	/* Set count of each queue */
-	qs->rbdr_cnt = RBDR_CNT;
-	qs->rq_cnt = RCV_QUEUE_CNT;
-	qs->sq_cnt = SND_QUEUE_CNT;
-	qs->cq_cnt = CMP_QUEUE_CNT;
+	qs->rbdr_cnt = DEFAULT_RBDR_CNT;
+	qs->rq_cnt = min_t(u8, MAX_RCV_QUEUES_PER_QS, num_online_cpus());
+	qs->sq_cnt = min_t(u8, MAX_SND_QUEUES_PER_QS, num_online_cpus());
+	qs->cq_cnt = max_t(u8, qs->rq_cnt, qs->sq_cnt);
 
 	/* Set queue lengths */
 	qs->rbdr_len = RCV_BUF_COUNT;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.h
index 6673e1133523881a4c1719e7d6ca4c123f7a8e1e..869f3386028b1e765c4860cf86560f1f6b564b42 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.h
@@ -57,10 +57,7 @@
 #define CMP_QUEUE_SIZE6		6ULL /* 64K entries */
 
 /* Default queue count per QS, its lengths and threshold values */
-#define RBDR_CNT		1
-#define RCV_QUEUE_CNT		8
-#define SND_QUEUE_CNT		8
-#define CMP_QUEUE_CNT		8 /* Max of RCV and SND qcount */
+#define DEFAULT_RBDR_CNT	1
 
 #define SND_QSIZE		SND_QUEUE_SIZE2
 #define SND_QUEUE_LEN		(1ULL << (SND_QSIZE + 10))