int err;
        u32 i;
 
+       err = mlx5_vector2eqn(mdev, param->eq_ix, &eqn_not_used, &irqn);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
        err = mlx5_cqwq_create(mdev, ¶m->wq, param->cqc, &cq->wq,
                               &cq->wq_ctrl);
        if (err)
                return err;
 
-       mlx5_vector2eqn(mdev, param->eq_ix, &eqn_not_used, &irqn);
-
        mcq->cqe_sz     = 64;
        mcq->set_ci_db  = cq->wq_ctrl.db.db;
        mcq->arm_db     = cq->wq_ctrl.db.db + 1;
        int eqn;
        int err;
 
+       err = mlx5_vector2eqn(mdev, param->eq_ix, &eqn, &irqn_not_used);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
        inlen = MLX5_ST_SZ_BYTES(create_cq_in) +
                sizeof(u64) * cq->wq_ctrl.buf.npages;
        in = kvzalloc(inlen, GFP_KERNEL);
        mlx5_fill_page_frag_array(&cq->wq_ctrl.buf,
                                  (__be64 *)MLX5_ADDR_OF(create_cq_in, in, pas));
 
-       mlx5_vector2eqn(mdev, param->eq_ix, &eqn, &irqn_not_used);
-
        MLX5_SET(cqc,   cqc, cq_period_mode, param->cq_period_mode);
        MLX5_SET(cqc,   cqc, c_eqn,         eqn);
        MLX5_SET(cqc,   cqc, uar_page,      mdev->priv.uar->index);
        int err;
        int eqn;
 
+       err = mlx5_vector2eqn(priv->mdev, ix, &eqn, &irq);
+       if (err)
+               return err;
+
        c = kvzalloc_node(sizeof(*c), GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
        if (!c)
                return -ENOMEM;
        c->xdp      = !!params->xdp_prog;
        c->stats    = &priv->channel_stats[ix].ch;
 
-       mlx5_vector2eqn(priv->mdev, ix, &eqn, &irq);
        c->irq_desc = irq_to_desc(irq);
 
        netif_napi_add(netdev, &c->napi, mlx5e_napi_poll, 64);
 int mlx5e_attach_netdev(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 {
        const struct mlx5e_profile *profile;
+       int max_nch;
        int err;
 
        profile = priv->profile;
        clear_bit(MLX5E_STATE_DESTROYING, &priv->state);
 
+       /* max number of channels may have changed */
+       max_nch = mlx5e_get_max_num_channels(priv->mdev);
+       if (priv->channels.params.num_channels > max_nch) {
+               mlx5_core_warn(priv->mdev, "MLX5E: Reducing number of channels to %d\n", max_nch);
+               priv->channels.params.num_channels = max_nch;
+               mlx5e_build_default_indir_rqt(priv->channels.params.indirection_rqt,
+                                             MLX5E_INDIR_RQT_SIZE, max_nch);
+       }
+
        err = profile->init_tx(priv);
        if (err)
                goto out;