diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 8cbe96ce0a2c..e01a8ce7181f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3664,7 +3664,6 @@ static inline unsigned int get_netdev_rx_queue_index(
 }
 #endif
 
-#define DEFAULT_MAX_NUM_RSS_QUEUES	(8)
 int netif_get_num_default_rss_queues(void);
 
 enum skb_free_reason {
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 75bab5b0dbae..8e0cc5f2020d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2990,13 +2990,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_set_real_num_queues);
 /**
  * netif_get_num_default_rss_queues - default number of RSS queues
  *
- * This routine should set an upper limit on the number of RSS queues
- * used by default by multiqueue devices.
+ * Default value is the number of physical cores if there are only 1 or 2, or
+ * divided by 2 if there are more.
  */
 int netif_get_num_default_rss_queues(void)
 {
-	return is_kdump_kernel() ?
-		1 : min_t(int, DEFAULT_MAX_NUM_RSS_QUEUES, num_online_cpus());
+	cpumask_var_t cpus;
+	int cpu, count = 0;
+
+	if (unlikely(is_kdump_kernel() || !zalloc_cpumask_var(&cpus, GFP_KERNEL)))
+		return 1;
+
+	cpumask_copy(cpus, cpu_online_mask);
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpus) {
+		++count;
+		cpumask_andnot(cpus, cpus, topology_sibling_cpumask(cpu));
+	}
+	free_cpumask_var(cpus);
+
+	return count > 2 ? DIV_ROUND_UP(count, 2) : count;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_get_num_default_rss_queues);