struct ib_device *ibdev = dev->dev;
        int ret;
 
-       BUG_ON(queue_idx >= ctrl->queue_count);
-
        ret = nvme_rdma_alloc_qe(ibdev, &req->sqe, sizeof(struct nvme_command),
                        DMA_TO_DEVICE);
        if (ret)
 
 static int nvme_rdma_init_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
+       struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts = ctrl->ctrl.opts;
+       unsigned int nr_io_queues;
        int i, ret;
 
+       nr_io_queues = min(opts->nr_io_queues, num_online_cpus());
+       ret = nvme_set_queue_count(&ctrl->ctrl, &nr_io_queues);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       ctrl->queue_count = nr_io_queues + 1;
+       if (ctrl->queue_count < 2)
+               return 0;
+
+       dev_info(ctrl->ctrl.device,
+               "creating %d I/O queues.\n", nr_io_queues);
+
        for (i = 1; i < ctrl->queue_count; i++) {
                ret = nvme_rdma_init_queue(ctrl, i,
                                           ctrl->ctrl.opts->queue_size);
 
 static int nvme_rdma_create_io_queues(struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
-       struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts = ctrl->ctrl.opts;
        int ret;
 
-       ret = nvme_set_queue_count(&ctrl->ctrl, &opts->nr_io_queues);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-
-       ctrl->queue_count = opts->nr_io_queues + 1;
-       if (ctrl->queue_count < 2)
-               return 0;
-
-       dev_info(ctrl->ctrl.device,
-               "creating %d I/O queues.\n", opts->nr_io_queues);
-
        ret = nvme_rdma_init_io_queues(ctrl);
        if (ret)
                return ret;