struct liquidio_if_cfg_resp *resp;
        struct octdev_props *props;
        int retval, num_iqueues, num_oqueues;
-       int num_cpus = num_online_cpus();
        union oct_nic_if_cfg if_cfg;
        unsigned int base_queue;
        unsigned int gmx_port_id;
                gmx_port_id =
                        CFG_GET_GMXID_NIC_IF(octeon_get_conf(octeon_dev), i);
                ifidx_or_pfnum = i;
-               if (num_iqueues > num_cpus)
-                       num_iqueues = num_cpus;
-               if (num_oqueues > num_cpus)
-                       num_oqueues = num_cpus;
+
                dev_dbg(&octeon_dev->pci_dev->dev,
                        "requesting config for interface %d, iqs %d, oqs %d\n",
                        ifidx_or_pfnum, num_iqueues, num_oqueues);