diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 6bb637653d12..a926e3bf1d6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,12 @@ static void i40e_vsi_setup_queue_map(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
 	vsi->tc_config.numtc = numtc;
 	vsi->tc_config.enabled_tc = enabled_tc ? enabled_tc : 1;
 	/* Number of queues per enabled TC */
-	num_tc_qps = vsi->alloc_queue_pairs/numtc;
+	/* In MFP case we can have a much lower count of MSIx
+	 * vectors available and so we need to lower the used
+	 * q count.
+	 */
+	qcount = min_t(int, vsi->alloc_queue_pairs, pf->num_lan_msix);
+	num_tc_qps = qcount / numtc;
 	num_tc_qps = min_t(int, num_tc_qps, I40E_MAX_QUEUES_PER_TC);
 
 	/* Setup queue offset/count for all TCs for given VSI */