diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index d0e572df3a1b..2c4e41833e55 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -3793,18 +3793,8 @@ void mlx5e_build_default_indir_rqt(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 				   u32 *indirection_rqt, int len,
 				   int num_channels)
 {
-	int node = mdev->priv.numa_node;
-	int node_num_of_cores;
 	int i;
 
-	if (node == -1)
-		node = first_online_node;
-
-	node_num_of_cores = cpumask_weight(cpumask_of_node(node));
-
-	if (node_num_of_cores)
-		num_channels = min_t(int, num_channels, node_num_of_cores);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
 		indirection_rqt[i] = i % num_channels;
 }