diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
index 515b154547c5..74008d748f3a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
@@ -2400,6 +2400,13 @@ ice_vsi_setup(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ice_port_info *pi,
 
 		pf->q_left_tx -= vsi->alloc_txq;
 		pf->q_left_rx -= vsi->alloc_rxq;
+
+		/* Do not exit if configuring RSS had an issue, at least
+		 * receive traffic on first queue. Hence no need to capture
+		 * return value
+		 */
+		if (test_bit(ICE_FLAG_RSS_ENA, pf->flags))
+			ice_vsi_cfg_rss_lut_key(vsi);
 		break;
 	case ICE_VSI_LB:
 		ret = ice_vsi_alloc_rings(vsi);