diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c
index 39232b6a974f4b4b961d3b0b8634f04e6b9d0caa..07406cf2eacd518e13dbbec31fde907f1c2544a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/eq.c
@@ -1249,9 +1249,8 @@ int mlx4_init_eq_table(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 					mlx4_warn(dev, "Failed adding irq rmap\n");
 			}
 #endif
-			err = mlx4_create_eq(dev, dev->caps.num_cqs -
-						  dev->caps.reserved_cqs +
-						  MLX4_NUM_SPARE_EQE,
+			err = mlx4_create_eq(dev, dev->quotas.cq +
+					     MLX4_NUM_SPARE_EQE,
 					     (dev->flags & MLX4_FLAG_MSI_X) ?
 					     i + 1 - !!(i > MLX4_EQ_ASYNC) : 0,
 					     eq);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 005e1049c97701c6d28841bccb432c02ba097225..21377c315083b686d8db25033583dd020d7e50a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -3501,6 +3501,8 @@ static int mlx4_load_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, int pci_dev_data,
 			goto err_disable_msix;
 	}
 
+	mlx4_init_quotas(dev);
+
 	err = mlx4_setup_hca(dev);
 	if (err == -EBUSY && (dev->flags & MLX4_FLAG_MSI_X) &&
 	    !mlx4_is_mfunc(dev)) {
@@ -3513,7 +3515,6 @@ static int mlx4_load_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, int pci_dev_data,
 	if (err)
 		goto err_steer;
 
-	mlx4_init_quotas(dev);
 	/* When PF resources are ready arm its comm channel to enable
 	 * getting commands
 	 */