diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
index fd9534568bf3..35644fe6235a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c
@@ -3907,7 +3907,18 @@ ice_ena_vsi_txq(struct ice_port_info *pi, u16 vsi_handle, u8 tc, u16 q_handle,
 	 * Without setting the generic section as valid in valid_sections, the
 	 * Admin queue command will fail with error code ICE_AQ_RC_EINVAL.
 	 */
-	buf->txqs[0].info.valid_sections = ICE_AQC_ELEM_VALID_GENERIC;
+	buf->txqs[0].info.valid_sections =
+		ICE_AQC_ELEM_VALID_GENERIC | ICE_AQC_ELEM_VALID_CIR |
+		ICE_AQC_ELEM_VALID_EIR;
+	buf->txqs[0].info.generic = 0;
+	buf->txqs[0].info.cir_bw.bw_profile_idx =
+		cpu_to_le16(ICE_SCHED_DFLT_RL_PROF_ID);
+	buf->txqs[0].info.cir_bw.bw_alloc =
+		cpu_to_le16(ICE_SCHED_DFLT_BW_WT);
+	buf->txqs[0].info.eir_bw.bw_profile_idx =
+		cpu_to_le16(ICE_SCHED_DFLT_RL_PROF_ID);
+	buf->txqs[0].info.eir_bw.bw_alloc =
+		cpu_to_le16(ICE_SCHED_DFLT_BW_WT);
 
 	/* add the LAN queue */
 	status = ice_aq_add_lan_txq(hw, num_qgrps, buf, buf_size, cd);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_type.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_type.h
index e4349475790f..1eb83d9b0546 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_type.h
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ enum ice_rl_type {
 #define ICE_SCHED_DFLT_BW		0xFFFFFFFF	/* unlimited */
 #define ICE_SCHED_DFLT_RL_PROF_ID	0
 #define ICE_SCHED_NO_SHARED_RL_PROF_ID	0xFFFF
-#define ICE_SCHED_DFLT_BW_WT		1
+#define ICE_SCHED_DFLT_BW_WT		4
 #define ICE_SCHED_INVAL_PROF_ID		0xFFFF
 #define ICE_SCHED_DFLT_BURST_SIZE	(15 * 1024)	/* in bytes (15k) */