diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
index aca95f64bde8..9b7a8db9860f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_main.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ static int gve_alloc_queue_page_list(struct gve_priv *priv, u32 id,
 	}
 
 	qpl->id = id;
-	qpl->num_entries = pages;
+	qpl->num_entries = 0;
 	qpl->pages = kvzalloc(pages * sizeof(*qpl->pages), GFP_KERNEL);
 	/* caller handles clean up */
 	if (!qpl->pages)
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ static int gve_alloc_queue_page_list(struct gve_priv *priv, u32 id,
 		/* caller handles clean up */
 		if (err)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		qpl->num_entries++;
 	}
 	priv->num_registered_pages += pages;