diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxq.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxq.c
index f46b10c1c5..53a9b52a46 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_rxq.c
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ int bnxt_mq_rx_configure(struct bnxt *bp)
 
 	pools = RTE_MIN(pools, bp->rx_cp_nr_rings);
 	nb_q_per_grp = bp->rx_cp_nr_rings / pools;
-	bp->rx_num_qs_per_vnic = nb_q_per_grp;
 	PMD_DRV_LOG(DEBUG, "pools = %u nb_q_per_grp = %u\n",
 		    pools, nb_q_per_grp);
 	start_grp_id = 0;
@@ -165,6 +164,8 @@ skip_filter_allocation:
 	}
 
 out:
+	bp->rx_num_qs_per_vnic = nb_q_per_grp;
+
 	if (dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG) {
 		struct rte_eth_rss_conf *rss = &dev_conf->rx_adv_conf.rss_conf;