diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 453512266ea1..db783d7af5a3 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ static void vlan_transfer_features(struct net_device *dev,
 #if defined(CONFIG_FCOE) || defined(CONFIG_FCOE_MODULE)
 	vlandev->fcoe_ddp_xid = dev->fcoe_ddp_xid;
 #endif
+	vlandev->real_num_tx_queues = dev->real_num_tx_queues;
+	BUG_ON(vlandev->real_num_tx_queues > vlandev->num_tx_queues);
 
 	if (old_features != vlandev->features)
 		netdev_features_change(vlandev);