diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index 03b9c6733eedffb34165c83e817f1ab23484b111..cf3e4a6590524e1c9cdd9fb2da7ab512abbb2efc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -323,7 +323,9 @@ static int mlx5_alloc_irq_vectors(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct mlx5_priv *priv = &dev->priv;
 	struct mlx5_eq_table *table = &priv->eq_table;
-	int num_eqs = 1 << MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, log_max_eq);
+	int num_eqs = MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, max_num_eqs) ?
+		      MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, max_num_eqs) :
+		      1 << MLX5_CAP_GEN(dev, log_max_eq);
 	int nvec;
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h b/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h
index 60c2308fe062a1b35ad521a7b30a950823685f36..63e1ce4c48265e511b57ca3925e054aa03cea08a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h
@@ -1133,7 +1133,10 @@ struct mlx5_ifc_cmd_hca_cap_bits {
 
 	u8         general_obj_types[0x40];
 
-	u8         reserved_at_440[0x40];
+	u8         reserved_at_440[0x20];
+
+	u8         reserved_at_460[0x10];
+	u8         max_num_eqs[0x10];
 
 	u8         reserved_at_480[0x3];
 	u8         log_max_l2_table[0x5];