diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
index 52a8c60b7e2905e8dd4d7dc20c6f369acca1394c..c72f0c7ff4aa3a8f6e1d55d0cb9da0802c946693 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
@@ -4026,10 +4026,6 @@ static u32 ena_calc_max_io_queue_num(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	max_num_io_queues = min_t(u32, max_num_io_queues, io_tx_cq_num);
 	/* 1 IRQ for mgmnt and 1 IRQs for each IO direction */
 	max_num_io_queues = min_t(u32, max_num_io_queues, pci_msix_vec_count(pdev) - 1);
-	if (unlikely(!max_num_io_queues)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "The device doesn't have io queues\n");
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
 
 	return max_num_io_queues;
 }