ndevctx->device_ctx = hdev;
        hv_set_drvdata(hdev, ndev);
+
+       memset(&device_info, 0, sizeof(device_info));
        device_info.ring_size = ring_size;
        device_info.max_num_vrss_chns = max_num_vrss_chns;
        rndis_filter_device_add(hdev, &device_info);
        net->needed_headroom = max_needed_headroom;
 
        /* Notify the netvsc driver of the new device */
+       memset(&device_info, 0, sizeof(device_info));
        device_info.ring_size = ring_size;
        device_info.max_num_vrss_chns = max_num_vrss_chns;
        ret = rndis_filter_device_add(dev, &device_info);
 
         */
        node_cpu_mask = cpumask_of_node(cpu_to_node(dev->channel->target_cpu));
        num_possible_rss_qs = cpumask_weight(node_cpu_mask);
-       net_device->num_chn = min(num_possible_rss_qs, num_rss_qs);
+
+       /* We will use the given number of channels if available. */
+       if (device_info->num_chn && device_info->num_chn < net_device->max_chn)
+               net_device->num_chn = device_info->num_chn;
+       else
+               net_device->num_chn = min(num_possible_rss_qs, num_rss_qs);
 
        num_rss_qs = net_device->num_chn - 1;
        net_device->num_sc_offered = num_rss_qs;