diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
index 0284204..55ed20b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
@@ -425,56 +425,73 @@ void octeon_pf_changed_vf_macaddr(struct octeon_device *oct, u8 *mac)
 	 */
 }
 
+void octeon_schedule_rxq_oom_work(struct octeon_device *oct,
+				  struct octeon_droq *droq)
+{
+	struct net_device *netdev = oct->props[0].netdev;
+	struct lio *lio = GET_LIO(netdev);
+	struct cavium_wq *wq = &lio->rxq_status_wq[droq->q_no];
+
+	queue_delayed_work(wq->wq, &wq->wk.work,
+			   msecs_to_jiffies(LIO_OOM_POLL_INTERVAL_MS));
+}
+
 static void octnet_poll_check_rxq_oom_status(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct cavium_wk *wk = (struct cavium_wk *)work;
 	struct lio *lio = (struct lio *)wk->ctxptr;
 	struct octeon_device *oct = lio->oct_dev;
-	struct octeon_droq *droq;
-	int q, q_no = 0;
+	int q_no = wk->ctxul;
+	struct octeon_droq *droq = oct->droq[q_no];
 
-	if (ifstate_check(lio, LIO_IFSTATE_RUNNING)) {
-		for (q = 0; q < lio->linfo.num_rxpciq; q++) {
-			q_no = lio->linfo.rxpciq[q].s.q_no;
-			droq = oct->droq[q_no];
-			if (!droq)
-				continue;
-			octeon_droq_check_oom(droq);
-		}
-	}
-	queue_delayed_work(lio->rxq_status_wq.wq,
-			   &lio->rxq_status_wq.wk.work,
-			   msecs_to_jiffies(LIO_OOM_POLL_INTERVAL_MS));
+	if (!ifstate_check(lio, LIO_IFSTATE_RUNNING) || !droq)
+		return;
+
+	if (octeon_retry_droq_refill(droq))
+		octeon_schedule_rxq_oom_work(oct, droq);
 }
 
 int setup_rx_oom_poll_fn(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct lio *lio = GET_LIO(netdev);
 	struct octeon_device *oct = lio->oct_dev;
+	struct cavium_wq *wq;
+	int q, q_no;
 
-	lio->rxq_status_wq.wq = alloc_workqueue("rxq-oom-status",
-						WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
-	if (!lio->rxq_status_wq.wq) {
-		dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "unable to create cavium rxq oom status wq\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	for (q = 0; q < oct->num_oqs; q++) {
+		q_no = lio->linfo.rxpciq[q].s.q_no;
+		wq = &lio->rxq_status_wq[q_no];
+		wq->wq = alloc_workqueue("rxq-oom-status",
+					 WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 0);
+		if (!wq->wq) {
+			dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "unable to create cavium rxq oom status wq\n");
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&wq->wk.work,
+				  octnet_poll_check_rxq_oom_status);
+		wq->wk.ctxptr = lio;
+		wq->wk.ctxul = q_no;
 	}
-	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&lio->rxq_status_wq.wk.work,
-			  octnet_poll_check_rxq_oom_status);
-	lio->rxq_status_wq.wk.ctxptr = lio;
-	queue_delayed_work(lio->rxq_status_wq.wq,
-			   &lio->rxq_status_wq.wk.work,
-			   msecs_to_jiffies(LIO_OOM_POLL_INTERVAL_MS));
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 void cleanup_rx_oom_poll_fn(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct lio *lio = GET_LIO(netdev);
-
-	if (lio->rxq_status_wq.wq) {
-		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&lio->rxq_status_wq.wk.work);
-		flush_workqueue(lio->rxq_status_wq.wq);
-		destroy_workqueue(lio->rxq_status_wq.wq);
+	struct octeon_device *oct = lio->oct_dev;
+	struct cavium_wq *wq;
+	int q_no;
+
+	for (q_no = 0; q_no < oct->num_oqs; q_no++) {
+		wq = &lio->rxq_status_wq[q_no];
+		if (wq->wq) {
+			cancel_delayed_work_sync(&wq->wk.work);
+			flush_workqueue(wq->wq);
+			destroy_workqueue(wq->wq);
+			wq->wq = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_ethtool.c
index e1e5808..9e53cdb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_ethtool.c
@@ -1115,6 +1115,8 @@ static int lio_reset_queues(struct net_device *netdev, uint32_t num_qs)
 	 * steps like updating sriov_info for the octeon device need to be done.
 	 */
 	if (queue_count_update) {
+		cleanup_rx_oom_poll_fn(netdev);
+
 		lio_delete_glists(lio);
 
 		/* Delete mbox for PF which is SRIOV disabled because sriov_info
@@ -1214,6 +1216,11 @@ static int lio_reset_queues(struct net_device *netdev, uint32_t num_qs)
 			return -1;
 		}
 
+		if (setup_rx_oom_poll_fn(netdev)) {
+			dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "lio_setup_rx_oom_poll_fn failed\n");
+			return 1;
+		}
+
 		/* Send firmware the information about new number of queues
 		 * if the interface is a VF or a PF that is SRIOV enabled.
 		 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
index a71dbb7..53c25ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c
@@ -333,8 +333,6 @@ int octeon_init_droq(struct octeon_device *oct,
  * Returns:
  *  Success: Pointer to recv_info_t
  *  Failure: NULL.
- * Locks:
- *  The droq->lock is held when this routine is called.
  */
 static inline struct octeon_recv_info *octeon_create_recv_info(
 		struct octeon_device *octeon_dev,
@@ -433,8 +431,6 @@ static inline struct octeon_recv_info *octeon_create_recv_info(
  *  up buffers (that were not dispatched) to form a contiguous ring.
  * Returns:
  *  No of descriptors refilled.
- * Locks:
- *  This routine is called with droq->lock held.
  */
 static u32
 octeon_droq_refill(struct octeon_device *octeon_dev, struct octeon_droq *droq)
@@ -449,8 +445,7 @@ static inline struct octeon_recv_info *octeon_create_recv_info(
 
 	while (droq->refill_count && (desc_refilled < droq->max_count)) {
 		/* If a valid buffer exists (happens if there is no dispatch),
-		 * reuse
-		 * the buffer, else allocate.
+		 * reuse the buffer, else allocate.
 		 */
 		if (!droq->recv_buf_list[droq->refill_idx].buffer) {
 			pg_info =
@@ -503,28 +498,33 @@ static inline struct octeon_recv_info *octeon_create_recv_info(
 
 /** check if we can allocate packets to get out of oom.
  *  @param  droq - Droq being checked.
- *  @return does not return anything
+ *  @return 1 if fails to refill minimum
  */
-void octeon_droq_check_oom(struct octeon_droq *droq)
+int octeon_retry_droq_refill(struct octeon_droq *droq)
 {
-	int desc_refilled;
 	struct octeon_device *oct = droq->oct_dev;
+	int desc_refilled, reschedule = 1;
+	u32 pkts_credit;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&droq->lock);
+	pkts_credit = readl(droq->pkts_credit_reg);
+	desc_refilled = octeon_droq_refill(oct, droq);
+	if (desc_refilled) {
+		/* Flush the droq descriptor data to memory to be sure
+		 * that when we update the credits the data in memory
+		 * is accurate.
+		 */
+		wmb();
+		writel(desc_refilled, droq->pkts_credit_reg);
+		/* make sure mmio write completes */
+		mmiowb();
 
-	if (readl(droq->pkts_credit_reg) <= CN23XX_SLI_DEF_BP) {
-		spin_lock_bh(&droq->lock);
-		desc_refilled = octeon_droq_refill(oct, droq);
-		if (desc_refilled) {
-			/* Flush the droq descriptor data to memory to be sure
-			 * that when we update the credits the data in memory
-			 * is accurate.
-			 */
-			wmb();
-			writel(desc_refilled, droq->pkts_credit_reg);
-			/* make sure mmio write completes */
-			mmiowb();
-		}
-		spin_unlock_bh(&droq->lock);
+		if (pkts_credit + desc_refilled >= CN23XX_SLI_DEF_BP)
+			reschedule = 0;
 	}
+	spin_unlock_bh(&droq->lock);
+
+	return reschedule;
 }
 
 static inline u32
@@ -603,9 +603,9 @@ static inline void octeon_droq_drop_packets(struct octeon_device *oct,
 				 struct octeon_droq *droq,
 				 u32 pkts_to_process)
 {
+	u32 pkt, total_len = 0, pkt_count, retval;
 	struct octeon_droq_info *info;
 	union octeon_rh *rh;
-	u32 pkt, total_len = 0, pkt_count;
 
 	pkt_count = pkts_to_process;
 
@@ -709,30 +709,43 @@ static inline void octeon_droq_drop_packets(struct octeon_device *oct,
 		if (droq->refill_count >= droq->refill_threshold) {
 			int desc_refilled = octeon_droq_refill(oct, droq);
 
-			/* Flush the droq descriptor data to memory to be sure
-			 * that when we update the credits the data in memory
-			 * is accurate.
-			 */
-			wmb();
-			writel((desc_refilled), droq->pkts_credit_reg);
-			/* make sure mmio write completes */
-			mmiowb();
+			if (desc_refilled) {
+				/* Flush the droq descriptor data to memory to
+				 * be sure that when we update the credits the
+				 * data in memory is accurate.
+				 */
+				wmb();
+				writel(desc_refilled, droq->pkts_credit_reg);
+				/* make sure mmio write completes */
+				mmiowb();
+			}
 		}
-
 	}                       /* for (each packet)... */
 
 	/* Increment refill_count by the number of buffers processed. */
 	droq->stats.pkts_received += pkt;
 	droq->stats.bytes_received += total_len;
 
+	retval = pkt;
 	if ((droq->ops.drop_on_max) && (pkts_to_process - pkt)) {
 		octeon_droq_drop_packets(oct, droq, (pkts_to_process - pkt));
 
 		droq->stats.dropped_toomany += (pkts_to_process - pkt);
-		return pkts_to_process;
+		retval = pkts_to_process;
 	}
 
-	return pkt;
+	atomic_sub(retval, &droq->pkts_pending);
+
+	if (droq->refill_count >= droq->refill_threshold &&
+	    readl(droq->pkts_credit_reg) < CN23XX_SLI_DEF_BP) {
+		octeon_droq_check_hw_for_pkts(droq);
+
+		/* Make sure there are no pkts_pending */
+		if (!atomic_read(&droq->pkts_pending))
+			octeon_schedule_rxq_oom_work(oct, droq);
+	}
+
+	return retval;
 }
 
 int
@@ -740,7 +753,7 @@ static inline void octeon_droq_drop_packets(struct octeon_device *oct,
 			    struct octeon_droq *droq,
 			    u32 budget)
 {
-	u32 pkt_count = 0, pkts_processed = 0;
+	u32 pkt_count = 0;
 	struct list_head *tmp, *tmp2;
 
 	/* Grab the droq lock */
@@ -757,9 +770,7 @@ static inline void octeon_droq_drop_packets(struct octeon_device *oct,
 	if (pkt_count > budget)
 		pkt_count = budget;
 
-	pkts_processed = octeon_droq_fast_process_packets(oct, droq, pkt_count);
-
-	atomic_sub(pkts_processed, &droq->pkts_pending);
+	octeon_droq_fast_process_packets(oct, droq, pkt_count);
 
 	/* Release the spin lock */
 	spin_unlock(&droq->lock);
@@ -813,8 +824,6 @@ static inline void octeon_droq_drop_packets(struct octeon_device *oct,
 			octeon_droq_fast_process_packets(oct, droq,
 							 pkts_available);
 
-		atomic_sub(pkts_processed, &droq->pkts_pending);
-
 		total_pkts_processed += pkts_processed;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.h
index f28f262..b201936 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.h
@@ -414,6 +414,6 @@ int octeon_droq_process_poll_pkts(struct octeon_device *oct,
 
 int octeon_enable_irq(struct octeon_device *oct, u32 q_no);
 
-void octeon_droq_check_oom(struct octeon_droq *droq);
+int octeon_retry_droq_refill(struct octeon_droq *droq);
 
 #endif	/*__OCTEON_DROQ_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_main.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_main.h
index 38c055f..073d064 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_main.h
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ void octeon_update_tx_completion_counters(void *buf, int reqtype,
 void octeon_report_tx_completion_to_bql(void *txq, unsigned int pkts_compl,
 					unsigned int bytes_compl);
 void octeon_pf_changed_vf_macaddr(struct octeon_device *oct, u8 *mac);
+
+void octeon_schedule_rxq_oom_work(struct octeon_device *oct,
+				  struct octeon_droq *droq);
+
 /** Swap 8B blocks */
 static inline void octeon_swap_8B_data(u64 *data, u32 blocks)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
index 9117b5a..beb3eec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_network.h
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ struct lio {
 	struct cavium_wq	txq_status_wq;
 
 	/* work queue for  rxq oom status */
-	struct cavium_wq	rxq_status_wq;
+	struct cavium_wq rxq_status_wq[MAX_POSSIBLE_OCTEON_OUTPUT_QUEUES];
 
 	/* work queue for  link status */
 	struct cavium_wq	link_status_wq;
