diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
index 4dcf995cb1a2..6bac8ad70ba6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define MLX5_IRQ_CTRL_SF_MAX 8
 /* min num of vectors for SFs to be enabled */
 #define MLX5_IRQ_VEC_COMP_BASE_SF 2
+#define MLX5_IRQ_VEC_COMP_BASE 1
 
 #define MLX5_EQ_SHARE_IRQ_MAX_COMP (8)
 #define MLX5_EQ_SHARE_IRQ_MAX_CTRL (UINT_MAX)
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ static void irq_set_name(struct mlx5_irq_pool *pool, char *name, int vecidx)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	vecidx -= MLX5_IRQ_VEC_COMP_BASE;
 	snprintf(name, MLX5_MAX_IRQ_NAME, "mlx5_comp%d", vecidx);
 }
 
@@ -585,7 +587,7 @@ struct mlx5_irq *mlx5_irq_request_vector(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, u16 cpu,
 	struct mlx5_irq_table *table = mlx5_irq_table_get(dev);
 	struct mlx5_irq_pool *pool = table->pcif_pool;
 	struct irq_affinity_desc af_desc;
-	int offset = 1;
+	int offset = MLX5_IRQ_VEC_COMP_BASE;
 
 	if (!pool->xa_num_irqs.max)
 		offset = 0;