diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
index 386a53cfc9..717d6a242c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
@@ -403,14 +403,14 @@ static int iavf_config_rx_queues_irqs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 			/* If Rx interrupt is reuquired, and we can use
 			 * multi interrupts, then the vec is from 1
 			 */
-			vf->nb_msix = RTE_MIN(vf->vf_res->max_vectors,
-					      intr_handle->nb_efd);
+			vf->nb_msix = RTE_MIN(intr_handle->nb_efd,
+				 (uint16_t)(vf->vf_res->max_vectors - 1));
 			vf->msix_base = IAVF_RX_VEC_START;
 			vec = IAVF_RX_VEC_START;
 			for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_rx_queues; i++) {
 				vf->rxq_map[vec] |= 1 << i;
 				intr_handle->intr_vec[i] = vec++;
-				if (vec >= vf->nb_msix)
+				if (vec >= vf->nb_msix + IAVF_RX_VEC_START)
 					vec = IAVF_RX_VEC_START;
 			}
 			PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG,