diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
index bfd8542c3c73bb5321b43629731d58997e84a9e9..30ef519d4b911a5c59b4cbf06316b7be0547acd2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
@@ -196,10 +196,12 @@ struct i40evf_adapter {
 	struct i40e_ring *tx_rings[I40E_MAX_VSI_QP];
 	u32 tx_timeout_count;
 	struct list_head mac_filter_list;
+	u32 tx_desc_count;
 
 	/* RX */
 	struct i40e_ring *rx_rings[I40E_MAX_VSI_QP];
 	u64 hw_csum_rx_error;
+	u32 rx_desc_count;
 	int num_msix_vectors;
 	struct msix_entry *msix_entries;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_ethtool.c
index 9cd381a6c4befd745177c9a33e2e7d5cfeea2584..8d41a88f1666cab03b1f300704d18b613169fec6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_ethtool.c
@@ -224,13 +224,11 @@ static void i40evf_get_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 				  struct ethtool_ringparam *ring)
 {
 	struct i40evf_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	struct i40e_ring *tx_ring = adapter->tx_rings[0];
-	struct i40e_ring *rx_ring = adapter->rx_rings[0];
 
 	ring->rx_max_pending = I40EVF_MAX_RXD;
 	ring->tx_max_pending = I40EVF_MAX_TXD;
-	ring->rx_pending = rx_ring->count;
-	ring->tx_pending = tx_ring->count;
+	ring->rx_pending = adapter->rx_desc_count;
+	ring->tx_pending = adapter->tx_desc_count;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -246,7 +244,6 @@ static int i40evf_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 {
 	struct i40evf_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	u32 new_rx_count, new_tx_count;
-	int i;
 
 	if ((ring->rx_mini_pending) || (ring->rx_jumbo_pending))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -262,17 +259,16 @@ static int i40evf_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 	new_rx_count = ALIGN(new_rx_count, I40EVF_REQ_DESCRIPTOR_MULTIPLE);
 
 	/* if nothing to do return success */
-	if ((new_tx_count == adapter->tx_rings[0]->count) &&
-	    (new_rx_count == adapter->rx_rings[0]->count))
+	if ((new_tx_count == adapter->tx_desc_count) &&
+	    (new_rx_count == adapter->rx_desc_count))
 		return 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < adapter->vsi_res->num_queue_pairs; i++) {
-		adapter->tx_rings[0]->count = new_tx_count;
-		adapter->rx_rings[0]->count = new_rx_count;
-	}
+	adapter->tx_desc_count = new_tx_count;
+	adapter->rx_desc_count = new_rx_count;
 
 	if (netif_running(netdev))
 		i40evf_reinit_locked(adapter);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index 632c2b32afa13211bc2f86befefa350658f4950b..d24f40f1673ae9edc946f10d976c51645156f796 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -1091,14 +1091,14 @@ static int i40evf_alloc_queues(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 		tx_ring->queue_index = i;
 		tx_ring->netdev = adapter->netdev;
 		tx_ring->dev = &adapter->pdev->dev;
-		tx_ring->count = I40EVF_DEFAULT_TXD;
+		tx_ring->count = adapter->tx_desc_count;
 		adapter->tx_rings[i] = tx_ring;
 
 		rx_ring = &tx_ring[1];
 		rx_ring->queue_index = i;
 		rx_ring->netdev = adapter->netdev;
 		rx_ring->dev = &adapter->pdev->dev;
-		rx_ring->count = I40EVF_DEFAULT_RXD;
+		rx_ring->count = adapter->rx_desc_count;
 		adapter->rx_rings[i] = rx_ring;
 	}
 
@@ -1669,6 +1669,7 @@ static int i40evf_setup_all_tx_resources(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 	int i, err = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->vsi_res->num_queue_pairs; i++) {
+		adapter->tx_rings[i]->count = adapter->tx_desc_count;
 		err = i40evf_setup_tx_descriptors(adapter->tx_rings[i]);
 		if (!err)
 			continue;
@@ -1696,6 +1697,7 @@ static int i40evf_setup_all_rx_resources(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 	int i, err = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->vsi_res->num_queue_pairs; i++) {
+		adapter->rx_rings[i]->count = adapter->rx_desc_count;
 		err = i40evf_setup_rx_descriptors(adapter->rx_rings[i]);
 		if (!err)
 			continue;
@@ -2092,6 +2094,8 @@ static void i40evf_init_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	adapter->watchdog_timer.data = (unsigned long)adapter;
 	mod_timer(&adapter->watchdog_timer, jiffies + 1);
 
+	adapter->tx_desc_count = I40EVF_DEFAULT_TXD;
+	adapter->rx_desc_count = I40EVF_DEFAULT_RXD;
 	err = i40evf_init_interrupt_scheme(adapter);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_sw_init;