diff --git a/examples/vhost/main.c b/examples/vhost/main.c
index 5c2d34fb17..7e6dad9e25 100644
--- a/examples/vhost/main.c
+++ b/examples/vhost/main.c
@@ -250,12 +250,6 @@ port_init(uint16_t port)
 	/* The max pool number from dev_info will be used to validate the pool number specified in cmd line */
 	rte_eth_dev_info_get (port, &dev_info);
 
-	if (dev_info.max_rx_queues > MAX_QUEUES) {
-		rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
-			"please define MAX_QUEUES no less than %u in %s\n",
-			dev_info.max_rx_queues, __FILE__);
-	}
-
 	rxconf = &dev_info.default_rxconf;
 	txconf = &dev_info.default_txconf;
 	rxconf->rx_drop_en = 1;