diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
index db4353ba0932be3bf603e4e4bcd3f75b8f887469..b87401c38571fd8ac80c294352428e4ff5c3131c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c
@@ -1572,13 +1572,11 @@ static bool fm10k_set_rss_queues(struct fm10k_intfc *interface)
  **/
 static void fm10k_set_num_queues(struct fm10k_intfc *interface)
 {
-	/* Start with base case */
-	interface->num_rx_queues = 1;
-	interface->num_tx_queues = 1;
-
+	/* Attempt to setup QoS and RSS first */
 	if (fm10k_set_qos_queues(interface))
 		return;
 
+	/* If we don't have QoS, just fallback to only RSS. */
 	fm10k_set_rss_queues(interface);
 }