diff --git a/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
index 3ae604ddb9..3c1e1d61fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
@@ -675,6 +675,9 @@ fm10k_dev_tx_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		FM10K_WRITE_REG(hw, FM10K_TDBAH(i),
 				base_addr >> (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(uint32_t)));
 		FM10K_WRITE_REG(hw, FM10K_TDLEN(i), size);
+
+		/* assign default SGLORT for each TX queue */
+		FM10K_WRITE_REG(hw, FM10K_TX_SGLORT(i), hw->mac.dglort_map);
 	}
 
 	/* set up vector or scalar TX function as appropriate */