diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_vf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_vf.c
index 3a18ef1cc017..d512575c33f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_vf.c
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ static s32 fm10k_init_hw_vf(struct fm10k_hw *hw)
 
 	/* verify we have at least 1 queue */
 	if (!~fm10k_read_reg(hw, FM10K_TXQCTL(0)) ||
-	    !~fm10k_read_reg(hw, FM10K_RXQCTL(0)))
-		return FM10K_ERR_NO_RESOURCES;
+	    !~fm10k_read_reg(hw, FM10K_RXQCTL(0))) {
+		err = FM10K_ERR_NO_RESOURCES;
+		goto reset_max_queues;
+	}
 
 	/* determine how many queues we have */
 	for (i = 1; tqdloc0 && (i < FM10K_MAX_QUEUES_POOL); i++) {
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ static s32 fm10k_init_hw_vf(struct fm10k_hw *hw)
 	/* shut down queues we own and reset DMA configuration */
 	err = fm10k_disable_queues_generic(hw, i);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		goto reset_max_queues;
 
 	/* record maximum queue count */
 	hw->mac.max_queues = i;
@@ -134,6 +136,11 @@ static s32 fm10k_init_hw_vf(struct fm10k_hw *hw)
 			       FM10K_TXQCTL_VID_MASK) >> FM10K_TXQCTL_VID_SHIFT;
 
 	return 0;
+
+reset_max_queues:
+	hw->mac.max_queues = 0;
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 /* This structure defines the attibutes to be parsed below */