diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h
index 50285c2dd8d3c8db6bda50e5266e7b38536e326c..96e15d01090626afafe56f074d5fcbbcfca1e0a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h
@@ -1150,6 +1150,7 @@
 
 /* Interrupt Vector Allocation Registers */
 #define IXGBE_IVAR_REG_NUM      25
+#define IXGBE_IVAR_REG_NUM_82599       64
 #define IXGBE_IVAR_TXRX_ENTRY   96
 #define IXGBE_IVAR_RX_ENTRY     64
 #define IXGBE_IVAR_RX_QUEUE(_i)    (0 + (_i))