diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 6d6806b361e3145e31e654db0acef6152fec7b4b..897f576b8b17d7499c16148fd36ee2178a139737 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -972,7 +972,8 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port,
 	int i;
 	int err;
 
-	dev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(struct mlx4_en_priv), prof->tx_ring_num);
+	dev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(struct mlx4_en_priv),
+	    prof->tx_ring_num, prof->rx_ring_num);
 	if (dev == NULL) {
 		mlx4_err(mdev, "Net device allocation failed\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;