diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
index d268c7b222c7..4a2831c45231 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
@@ -278,15 +278,10 @@ enum ixgbe_ring_f_enum {
 
 #define IXGBE_MAX_RSS_INDICES  16
 #define IXGBE_MAX_VMDQ_INDICES 64
-#define IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES 64
-#ifdef IXGBE_FCOE
+#define IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES 63	/* based on q_vector limit */
 #define IXGBE_MAX_FCOE_INDICES  8
-#define MAX_RX_QUEUES (IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES + IXGBE_MAX_FCOE_INDICES)
-#define MAX_TX_QUEUES (IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES + IXGBE_MAX_FCOE_INDICES)
-#else
-#define MAX_RX_QUEUES IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES
-#define MAX_TX_QUEUES IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES
-#endif /* IXGBE_FCOE */
+#define MAX_RX_QUEUES (IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES + 1)
+#define MAX_TX_QUEUES (IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES + 1)
 struct ixgbe_ring_feature {
 	u16 limit;	/* upper limit on feature indices */
 	u16 indices;	/* current value of indices */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_lib.c
index 9ffa3309e54d..9fafa38009f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_lib.c
@@ -386,7 +386,6 @@ static bool ixgbe_set_dcb_sriov_queues(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 		fcoe = &adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_FCOE];
 
 		/* limit ourselves based on feature limits */
-		fcoe_i = min_t(u16, fcoe_i, num_online_cpus());
 		fcoe_i = min_t(u16, fcoe_i, fcoe->limit);
 
 		if (fcoe_i) {
@@ -562,9 +561,6 @@ static bool ixgbe_set_sriov_queues(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 		fcoe_i = min_t(u16, fcoe_i, fcoe->limit);
 
 		if (vmdq_i > 1 && fcoe_i) {
-			/* reserve no more than number of CPUs */
-			fcoe_i = min_t(u16, fcoe_i, num_online_cpus());
-
 			/* alloc queues for FCoE separately */
 			fcoe->indices = fcoe_i;
 			fcoe->offset = vmdq_i * rss_i;
@@ -623,8 +619,7 @@ static bool ixgbe_set_rss_queues(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	if (rss_i > 1 && adapter->atr_sample_rate) {
 		f = &adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_FDIR];
 
-		f->indices = min_t(u16, num_online_cpus(), f->limit);
-		rss_i = max_t(u16, rss_i, f->indices);
+		rss_i = f->indices = f->limit;
 
 		if (!(adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_FDIR_PERFECT_CAPABLE))
 			adapter->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_FDIR_HASH_CAPABLE;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 1d5e093e988a..5fd16670482e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -4465,7 +4465,7 @@ static int ixgbe_sw_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
-	unsigned int rss;
+	unsigned int rss, fdir;
 	u32 fwsm;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCB
 	int j;
@@ -4485,9 +4485,10 @@ static int ixgbe_sw_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_RSS].limit = rss;
 	adapter->flags2 |= IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_CAPABLE;
 	adapter->flags2 |= IXGBE_FLAG2_RSC_ENABLED;
-	adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_FDIR].limit = IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES;
 	adapter->max_q_vectors = MAX_Q_VECTORS_82599;
 	adapter->atr_sample_rate = 20;
+	fdir = min_t(int, IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES, num_online_cpus());
+	adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_FDIR].limit = fdir;
 	adapter->fdir_pballoc = IXGBE_FDIR_PBALLOC_64K;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCA
 	adapter->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_DCA_CAPABLE;
@@ -7230,9 +7231,8 @@ static int ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	const struct ixgbe_info *ii = ixgbe_info_tbl[ent->driver_data];
 	static int cards_found;
 	int i, err, pci_using_dac;
+	unsigned int indices = MAX_TX_QUEUES;
 	u8 part_str[IXGBE_PBANUM_LENGTH];
-	unsigned int indices = num_possible_cpus();
-	unsigned int dcb_max = 0;
 #ifdef IXGBE_FCOE
 	u16 device_caps;
 #endif
@@ -7281,25 +7281,15 @@ static int ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	pci_set_master(pdev);
 	pci_save_state(pdev);
 
+	if (ii->mac == ixgbe_mac_82598EB) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCB
-	if (ii->mac == ixgbe_mac_82598EB)
-		dcb_max = min_t(unsigned int, indices * MAX_TRAFFIC_CLASS,
-				IXGBE_MAX_RSS_INDICES);
-	else
-		dcb_max = min_t(unsigned int, indices * MAX_TRAFFIC_CLASS,
-				IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES);
+		/* 8 TC w/ 4 queues per TC */
+		indices = 4 * MAX_TRAFFIC_CLASS;
+#else
+		indices = IXGBE_MAX_RSS_INDICES;
 #endif
+	}
 
-	if (ii->mac == ixgbe_mac_82598EB)
-		indices = min_t(unsigned int, indices, IXGBE_MAX_RSS_INDICES);
-	else
-		indices = min_t(unsigned int, indices, IXGBE_MAX_FDIR_INDICES);
-
-#ifdef IXGBE_FCOE
-	indices += min_t(unsigned int, num_possible_cpus(),
-			 IXGBE_MAX_FCOE_INDICES);
-#endif
-	indices = max_t(unsigned int, dcb_max, indices);
 	netdev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(struct ixgbe_adapter), indices);
 	if (!netdev) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -7454,13 +7444,17 @@ static int ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 #ifdef IXGBE_FCOE
 	if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_FCOE_CAPABLE) {
+		unsigned int fcoe_l;
+
 		if (hw->mac.ops.get_device_caps) {
 			hw->mac.ops.get_device_caps(hw, &device_caps);
 			if (device_caps & IXGBE_DEVICE_CAPS_FCOE_OFFLOADS)
 				adapter->flags &= ~IXGBE_FLAG_FCOE_CAPABLE;
 		}
 
-		adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_FCOE].limit = IXGBE_FCRETA_SIZE;
+
+		fcoe_l = min_t(int, IXGBE_FCRETA_SIZE, num_online_cpus());
+		adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_FCOE].limit = fcoe_l;
 
 		netdev->features |= NETIF_F_FSO |
 				    NETIF_F_FCOE_CRC;