diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
index 9bf346133cbd..ecbf62eddcc9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
 #define ICE_INVAL_Q_INDEX	0xffff
 #define ICE_INVAL_VFID		256
 
+#define ICE_MAX_RXQS_PER_TC		256	/* Used when setting VSI context per TC Rx queues */
 #define ICE_MAX_RESET_WAIT		20
 
 #define ICE_VSIQF_HKEY_ARRAY_SIZE	((VSIQF_HKEY_MAX_INDEX + 1) *	4)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
index 0763696c3d08..f2cf914cba69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
@@ -742,11 +742,10 @@ static void ice_set_dflt_vsi_ctx(struct ice_vsi_ctx *ctxt)
  */
 static void ice_vsi_setup_q_map(struct ice_vsi *vsi, struct ice_vsi_ctx *ctxt)
 {
-	u16 offset = 0, qmap = 0, tx_count = 0;
+	u16 offset = 0, qmap = 0, tx_count = 0, pow = 0;
+	u16 num_txq_per_tc, num_rxq_per_tc;
 	u16 qcount_tx = vsi->alloc_txq;
 	u16 qcount_rx = vsi->alloc_rxq;
-	u16 tx_numq_tc, rx_numq_tc;
-	u16 pow = 0, max_rss = 0;
 	bool ena_tc0 = false;
 	u8 netdev_tc = 0;
 	int i;
@@ -764,12 +763,15 @@ static void ice_vsi_setup_q_map(struct ice_vsi *vsi, struct ice_vsi_ctx *ctxt)
 		vsi->tc_cfg.ena_tc |= 1;
 	}
 
-	rx_numq_tc = qcount_rx / vsi->tc_cfg.numtc;
-	if (!rx_numq_tc)
-		rx_numq_tc = 1;
-	tx_numq_tc = qcount_tx / vsi->tc_cfg.numtc;
-	if (!tx_numq_tc)
-		tx_numq_tc = 1;
+	num_rxq_per_tc = min_t(u16, qcount_rx / vsi->tc_cfg.numtc, ICE_MAX_RXQS_PER_TC);
+	if (!num_rxq_per_tc)
+		num_rxq_per_tc = 1;
+	num_txq_per_tc = qcount_tx / vsi->tc_cfg.numtc;
+	if (!num_txq_per_tc)
+		num_txq_per_tc = 1;
+
+	/* find the (rounded up) power-of-2 of qcount */
+	pow = (u16)order_base_2(num_rxq_per_tc);
 
 	/* TC mapping is a function of the number of Rx queues assigned to the
 	 * VSI for each traffic class and the offset of these queues.
@@ -782,26 +784,6 @@ static void ice_vsi_setup_q_map(struct ice_vsi *vsi, struct ice_vsi_ctx *ctxt)
 	 *
 	 * Setup number and offset of Rx queues for all TCs for the VSI
 	 */
-
-	qcount_rx = rx_numq_tc;
-
-	/* qcount will change if RSS is enabled */
-	if (test_bit(ICE_FLAG_RSS_ENA, vsi->back->flags)) {
-		if (vsi->type == ICE_VSI_PF || vsi->type == ICE_VSI_VF) {
-			if (vsi->type == ICE_VSI_PF)
-				max_rss = ICE_MAX_LG_RSS_QS;
-			else
-				max_rss = ICE_MAX_RSS_QS_PER_VF;
-			qcount_rx = min_t(u16, rx_numq_tc, max_rss);
-			if (!vsi->req_rxq)
-				qcount_rx = min_t(u16, qcount_rx,
-						  vsi->rss_size);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* find the (rounded up) power-of-2 of qcount */
-	pow = (u16)order_base_2(qcount_rx);
-
 	ice_for_each_traffic_class(i) {
 		if (!(vsi->tc_cfg.ena_tc & BIT(i))) {
 			/* TC is not enabled */
@@ -815,16 +797,16 @@ static void ice_vsi_setup_q_map(struct ice_vsi *vsi, struct ice_vsi_ctx *ctxt)
 
 		/* TC is enabled */
 		vsi->tc_cfg.tc_info[i].qoffset = offset;
-		vsi->tc_cfg.tc_info[i].qcount_rx = qcount_rx;
-		vsi->tc_cfg.tc_info[i].qcount_tx = tx_numq_tc;
+		vsi->tc_cfg.tc_info[i].qcount_rx = num_rxq_per_tc;
+		vsi->tc_cfg.tc_info[i].qcount_tx = num_txq_per_tc;
 		vsi->tc_cfg.tc_info[i].netdev_tc = netdev_tc++;
 
 		qmap = ((offset << ICE_AQ_VSI_TC_Q_OFFSET_S) &
 			ICE_AQ_VSI_TC_Q_OFFSET_M) |
 			((pow << ICE_AQ_VSI_TC_Q_NUM_S) &
 			 ICE_AQ_VSI_TC_Q_NUM_M);
-		offset += qcount_rx;
-		tx_count += tx_numq_tc;
+		offset += num_rxq_per_tc;
+		tx_count += num_txq_per_tc;
 		ctxt->info.tc_mapping[i] = cpu_to_le16(qmap);
 	}
 
@@ -837,7 +819,7 @@ static void ice_vsi_setup_q_map(struct ice_vsi *vsi, struct ice_vsi_ctx *ctxt)
 	if (offset)
 		vsi->num_rxq = offset;
 	else
-		vsi->num_rxq = qcount_rx;
+		vsi->num_rxq = num_rxq_per_tc;
 
 	vsi->num_txq = tx_count;