diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
index 17ff330cce5f..687e011de5ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@
 #define MVPP2_MAX_TSO_SEGS		300
 #define MVPP2_MAX_SKB_DESCS		(MVPP2_MAX_TSO_SEGS * 2 + MAX_SKB_FRAGS)
 
-/* Default number of RXQs in use */
-#define MVPP2_DEFAULT_RXQ		1
+/* Max number of RXQs per port */
+#define MVPP2_PORT_MAX_RXQ		32
 
 /* Max number of Rx descriptors */
 #define MVPP2_MAX_RXD_MAX		1024
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
index e7d768381f4f..2a6faddeb95f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
@@ -4061,8 +4061,8 @@ static int mvpp2_multi_queue_vectors_init(struct mvpp2_port *port,
 			snprintf(irqname, sizeof(irqname), "hif%d", i);
 
 		if (queue_mode == MVPP2_QDIST_MULTI_MODE) {
-			v->first_rxq = i * MVPP2_DEFAULT_RXQ;
-			v->nrxqs = MVPP2_DEFAULT_RXQ;
+			v->first_rxq = i;
+			v->nrxqs = 1;
 		} else if (queue_mode == MVPP2_QDIST_SINGLE_MODE &&
 			   i == (port->nqvecs - 1)) {
 			v->first_rxq = 0;
@@ -4155,8 +4155,7 @@ static int mvpp2_port_init(struct mvpp2_port *port)
 	    MVPP2_MAX_PORTS * priv->max_port_rxqs)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (port->nrxqs % MVPP2_DEFAULT_RXQ ||
-	    port->nrxqs > priv->max_port_rxqs || port->ntxqs > MVPP2_MAX_TXQ)
+	if (port->nrxqs > priv->max_port_rxqs || port->ntxqs > MVPP2_MAX_TXQ)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* Disable port */
@@ -4777,10 +4776,18 @@ static int mvpp2_port_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	}
 
 	ntxqs = MVPP2_MAX_TXQ;
-	if (priv->hw_version == MVPP22 && queue_mode == MVPP2_QDIST_MULTI_MODE)
-		nrxqs = MVPP2_DEFAULT_RXQ * num_possible_cpus();
-	else
-		nrxqs = MVPP2_DEFAULT_RXQ;
+	if (priv->hw_version == MVPP22 && queue_mode == MVPP2_QDIST_SINGLE_MODE) {
+		nrxqs = 1;
+	} else {
+		/* According to the PPv2.2 datasheet and our experiments on
+		 * PPv2.1, RX queues have an allocation granularity of 4 (when
+		 * more than a single one on PPv2.2).
+		 * Round up to nearest multiple of 4.
+		 */
+		nrxqs = (num_possible_cpus() + 3) & ~0x3;
+		if (nrxqs > MVPP2_PORT_MAX_RXQ)
+			nrxqs = MVPP2_PORT_MAX_RXQ;
+	}
 
 	dev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(*port), ntxqs, nrxqs);
 	if (!dev)