diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
index ca972af3c89a..b56aae3f7be3 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ static void teardown_driver(struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev);
 
 static bool mlx5_vdpa_debug;
 
-#define MLX5_CVQ_MAX_ENT 16
-
 #define MLX5_LOG_VIO_FLAG(_feature)                                                                \
 	do {                                                                                       \
 		if (features & BIT_ULL(_feature))                                                  \
@@ -2136,9 +2134,16 @@ static void mlx5_vdpa_set_vq_num(struct vdpa_device *vdev, u16 idx, u32 num)
 	struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev = to_mlx5_vdpa_ndev(mvdev);
 	struct mlx5_vdpa_virtqueue *mvq;
 
-	if (!is_index_valid(mvdev, idx) || is_ctrl_vq_idx(mvdev, idx))
+	if (!is_index_valid(mvdev, idx))
 		return;
 
+        if (is_ctrl_vq_idx(mvdev, idx)) {
+                struct mlx5_control_vq *cvq = &mvdev->cvq;
+
+                cvq->vring.vring.num = num;
+                return;
+        }
+
 	mvq = &ndev->vqs[idx];
 	mvq->num_ent = num;
 }
@@ -2799,7 +2804,7 @@ static int setup_cvq_vring(struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev)
 		u16 idx = cvq->vring.last_avail_idx;
 
 		err = vringh_init_iotlb(&cvq->vring, mvdev->actual_features,
-					MLX5_CVQ_MAX_ENT, false,
+					cvq->vring.vring.num, false,
 					(struct vring_desc *)(uintptr_t)cvq->desc_addr,
 					(struct vring_avail *)(uintptr_t)cvq->driver_addr,
 					(struct vring_used *)(uintptr_t)cvq->device_addr);