diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 4061711941219c72888be850eb4775a6a61c7238..6bea1fe5a2a7e6003e2495b1859760f9b2fe3204 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -2377,10 +2377,10 @@ static int virtnet_xdp_set(struct net_device *dev, struct bpf_prog *prog,
 		}
 	}
 
-	netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(dev, curr_qp + xdp_qp);
 	err = _virtnet_set_queues(vi, curr_qp + xdp_qp);
 	if (err)
 		goto err;
+	netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(dev, curr_qp + xdp_qp);
 	vi->xdp_queue_pairs = xdp_qp;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {