diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 31e5f39428393818257853b44b0b4915f4817eac..eb24b403534f1bb33906d393a3af17fd0cf61980 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -2921,14 +2921,6 @@ void igb_set_flag_queue_pairs(struct igb_adapter *adapter,
 		/* Device supports enough interrupts without queue pairing. */
 		break;
 	case e1000_82576:
-		/* If VFs are going to be allocated with RSS queues then we
-		 * should pair the queues in order to conserve interrupts due
-		 * to limited supply.
-		 */
-		if ((adapter->rss_queues > 1) &&
-		    (adapter->vfs_allocated_count > 6))
-			adapter->flags |= IGB_FLAG_QUEUE_PAIRS;
-		/* fall through */
 	case e1000_82580:
 	case e1000_i350:
 	case e1000_i354: