diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 585a8818ff9c0..cc1cefdd4cdac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -8740,6 +8740,27 @@ int i40e_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * i40e_netif_set_realnum_tx_rx_queues - Update number of tx/rx queues
+ * @vsi: vsi structure
+ *
+ * This updates netdev's number of tx/rx queues
+ *
+ * Returns status of setting tx/rx queues
+ **/
+static int i40e_netif_set_realnum_tx_rx_queues(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(vsi->netdev,
+					   vsi->num_queue_pairs);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(vsi->netdev,
+					    vsi->num_queue_pairs);
+}
+
 /**
  * i40e_vsi_open -
  * @vsi: the VSI to open
@@ -8776,13 +8797,7 @@ int i40e_vsi_open(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 			goto err_setup_rx;
 
 		/* Notify the stack of the actual queue counts. */
-		err = netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(vsi->netdev,
-						   vsi->num_queue_pairs);
-		if (err)
-			goto err_set_queues;
-
-		err = netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(vsi->netdev,
-						   vsi->num_queue_pairs);
+		err = i40e_netif_set_realnum_tx_rx_queues(vsi);
 		if (err)
 			goto err_set_queues;
 
@@ -14173,6 +14188,9 @@ struct i40e_vsi *i40e_vsi_setup(struct i40e_pf *pf, u8 type,
 	case I40E_VSI_MAIN:
 	case I40E_VSI_VMDQ2:
 		ret = i40e_config_netdev(vsi);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_netdev;
+		ret = i40e_netif_set_realnum_tx_rx_queues(vsi);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_netdev;
 		ret = register_netdev(vsi->netdev);