diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
index bdfb13b71998..7a4a315fc1aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ static int setup_dpio(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
 		/* Stop if we already have enough channels to accommodate all
 		 * RX and TX conf queues
 		 */
-		if (priv->num_channels == dpaa2_eth_queue_count(priv))
+		if (priv->num_channels == priv->dpni_attrs.num_queues)
 			break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h
index 452a8e9c4f0e..b7837cf01a5d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.h
@@ -434,9 +434,10 @@ static inline unsigned int dpaa2_eth_rx_head_room(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
 	       DPAA2_ETH_RX_HWA_SIZE;
 }
 
+/* We have exactly one {Rx, Tx conf} queue per channel */
 static int dpaa2_eth_queue_count(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
 {
-	return priv->dpni_attrs.num_queues;
+	return priv->num_channels;
 }
 
 int dpaa2_eth_set_hash(struct net_device *net_dev, u64 flags);