diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 8cba3d852f25..e15e6e6a7a8a 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -7422,8 +7422,10 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev_mqs(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
 	dev->priv_flags = IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE | IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE_PERM;
 	setup(dev);
 
-	if (!dev->tx_queue_len)
+	if (!dev->tx_queue_len) {
 		dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;
+		dev->tx_queue_len = 1;
+	}
 
 	dev->num_tx_queues = txqs;
 	dev->real_num_tx_queues = txqs;