diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index dd84b6a639fa62cf5d9e8743e514edbdfb7b6ec1..02dd075acb56557d803b09047a0fa1cc1ccb0312 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -451,7 +451,10 @@ struct mvneta_rx_queue {
 	int next_desc_to_proc;
 };
 
-static int rxq_number = 8;
+/* The hardware supports eight (8) rx queues, but we are only allowing
+ * the first one to be used. Therefore, let's just allocate one queue.
+ */
+static int rxq_number = 1;
 static int txq_number = 8;
 
 static int rxq_def;