diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
index 98b834932dd3..96e537a35000 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ struct i40e_vsi {
 #define I40E_TX_DESC(R, i) (&(((struct i40e_tx_desc *)((R)->desc))[i]))
 #define I40E_TX_CTXTDESC(R, i) \
 	(&(((struct i40e_tx_context_desc *)((R)->desc))[i]))
-#define MAX_QUEUES 16
 #define I40EVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES 4
 
 #define I40EVF_HKEY_ARRAY_SIZE ((I40E_VFQF_HKEY_MAX_INDEX + 1) * 4)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index 3f04a182903d..95a222d7ae43 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -2331,7 +2331,7 @@ static int i40evf_validate_ch_config(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter,
 		total_max_rate += tx_rate;
 		num_qps += mqprio_qopt->qopt.count[i];
 	}
-	if (num_qps > MAX_QUEUES)
+	if (num_qps > I40EVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = i40evf_validate_tx_bandwidth(adapter, total_max_rate);
@@ -3689,7 +3689,8 @@ static int i40evf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 	pci_set_master(pdev);
 
-	netdev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(struct i40evf_adapter), MAX_QUEUES);
+	netdev = alloc_etherdev_mq(sizeof(struct i40evf_adapter),
+				   I40EVF_MAX_REQ_QUEUES);
 	if (!netdev) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_alloc_etherdev;