diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
index 06b8061..3245229 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
@@ -295,11 +295,11 @@ static int efx_ef10_probe(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	/* We can have one VI for each 8K region.  However, until we
 	 * use TX option descriptors we need two TX queues per channel.
 	 */
-	efx->max_channels =
-		min_t(unsigned int,
-		      EFX_MAX_CHANNELS,
-		      efx_ef10_mem_map_size(efx) /
-		      (EFX_VI_PAGE_SIZE * EFX_TXQ_TYPES));
+	efx->max_channels = min_t(unsigned int,
+				  EFX_MAX_CHANNELS,
+				  efx_ef10_mem_map_size(efx) /
+				  (EFX_VI_PAGE_SIZE * EFX_TXQ_TYPES));
+	efx->max_tx_channels = efx->max_channels;
 	if (WARN_ON(efx->max_channels == 0))
 		return -EIO;
 
@@ -824,11 +824,13 @@ static int efx_ef10_dimension_resources(struct efx_nic *efx)
 {
 	struct efx_ef10_nic_data *nic_data = efx->nic_data;
 	unsigned int uc_mem_map_size, wc_mem_map_size;
-	unsigned int min_vis, pio_write_vi_base, max_vis;
+	unsigned int min_vis = max(EFX_TXQ_TYPES,
+				   efx_separate_tx_channels ? 2 : 1);
+	unsigned int channel_vis, pio_write_vi_base, max_vis;
 	void __iomem *membase;
 	int rc;
 
-	min_vis = max(efx->n_channels, efx->n_tx_channels * EFX_TXQ_TYPES);
+	channel_vis = max(efx->n_channels, efx->n_tx_channels * EFX_TXQ_TYPES);
 
 #ifdef EFX_USE_PIO
 	/* Try to allocate PIO buffers if wanted and if the full
@@ -862,11 +864,11 @@ static int efx_ef10_dimension_resources(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	 * page size is >4K).  So we may allocate some extra VIs just
 	 * for writing PIO buffers through.
 	 *
-	 * The UC mapping contains (min_vis - 1) complete VIs and the
+	 * The UC mapping contains (channel_vis - 1) complete VIs and the
 	 * first half of the next VI.  Then the WC mapping begins with
 	 * the second half of this last VI.
 	 */
-	uc_mem_map_size = PAGE_ALIGN((min_vis - 1) * EFX_VI_PAGE_SIZE +
+	uc_mem_map_size = PAGE_ALIGN((channel_vis - 1) * EFX_VI_PAGE_SIZE +
 				     ER_DZ_TX_PIOBUF);
 	if (nic_data->n_piobufs) {
 		/* pio_write_vi_base rounds down to give the number of complete
@@ -881,7 +883,7 @@ static int efx_ef10_dimension_resources(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	} else {
 		pio_write_vi_base = 0;
 		wc_mem_map_size = 0;
-		max_vis = min_vis;
+		max_vis = channel_vis;
 	}
 
 	/* In case the last attached driver failed to free VIs, do it now */
@@ -893,6 +895,23 @@ static int efx_ef10_dimension_resources(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	if (rc != 0)
 		return rc;
 
+	if (nic_data->n_allocated_vis < channel_vis) {
+		netif_info(efx, drv, efx->net_dev,
+			   "Could not allocate enough VIs to satisfy RSS"
+			   " requirements. Performance may not be optimal.\n");
+		/* We didn't get the VIs to populate our channels.
+		 * We could keep what we got but then we'd have more
+		 * interrupts than we need.
+		 * Instead calculate new max_channels and restart
+		 */
+		efx->max_channels = nic_data->n_allocated_vis;
+		efx->max_tx_channels =
+			nic_data->n_allocated_vis / EFX_TXQ_TYPES;
+
+		efx_ef10_free_vis(efx);
+		return -EAGAIN;
+	}
+
 	/* If we didn't get enough VIs to map all the PIO buffers, free the
 	 * PIO buffers
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index 03bc03b..974637d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ static struct workqueue_struct *reset_workqueue;
  *
  * This is only used in MSI-X interrupt mode
  */
-static bool separate_tx_channels;
-module_param(separate_tx_channels, bool, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(separate_tx_channels,
+bool efx_separate_tx_channels;
+module_param(efx_separate_tx_channels, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(efx_separate_tx_channels,
 		 "Use separate channels for TX and RX");
 
 /* This is the weight assigned to each of the (per-channel) virtual
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ static int efx_probe_interrupts(struct efx_nic *efx)
 		unsigned int n_channels;
 
 		n_channels = efx_wanted_parallelism(efx);
-		if (separate_tx_channels)
+		if (efx_separate_tx_channels)
 			n_channels *= 2;
 		n_channels += extra_channels;
 		n_channels = min(n_channels, efx->max_channels);
@@ -1418,13 +1418,16 @@ static int efx_probe_interrupts(struct efx_nic *efx)
 			efx->n_channels = n_channels;
 			if (n_channels > extra_channels)
 				n_channels -= extra_channels;
-			if (separate_tx_channels) {
-				efx->n_tx_channels = max(n_channels / 2, 1U);
+			if (efx_separate_tx_channels) {
+				efx->n_tx_channels = min(max(n_channels / 2,
+							     1U),
+							 efx->max_tx_channels);
 				efx->n_rx_channels = max(n_channels -
 							 efx->n_tx_channels,
 							 1U);
 			} else {
-				efx->n_tx_channels = n_channels;
+				efx->n_tx_channels = min(n_channels,
+							 efx->max_tx_channels);
 				efx->n_rx_channels = n_channels;
 			}
 			for (i = 0; i < efx->n_channels; i++)
@@ -1450,7 +1453,7 @@ static int efx_probe_interrupts(struct efx_nic *efx)
 
 	/* Assume legacy interrupts */
 	if (efx->interrupt_mode == EFX_INT_MODE_LEGACY) {
-		efx->n_channels = 1 + (separate_tx_channels ? 1 : 0);
+		efx->n_channels = 1 + (efx_separate_tx_channels ? 1 : 0);
 		efx->n_rx_channels = 1;
 		efx->n_tx_channels = 1;
 		efx->legacy_irq = efx->pci_dev->irq;
@@ -1624,7 +1627,8 @@ static void efx_set_channels(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	struct efx_tx_queue *tx_queue;
 
 	efx->tx_channel_offset =
-		separate_tx_channels ? efx->n_channels - efx->n_tx_channels : 0;
+		efx_separate_tx_channels ?
+		efx->n_channels - efx->n_tx_channels : 0;
 
 	/* We need to mark which channels really have RX and TX
 	 * queues, and adjust the TX queue numbers if we have separate
@@ -1653,17 +1657,34 @@ static int efx_probe_nic(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	/* Determine the number of channels and queues by trying to hook
-	 * in MSI-X interrupts. */
-	rc = efx_probe_interrupts(efx);
-	if (rc)
-		goto fail1;
+	do {
+		if (!efx->max_channels || !efx->max_tx_channels) {
+			netif_err(efx, drv, efx->net_dev,
+				  "Insufficient resources to allocate"
+				  " any channels\n");
+			rc = -ENOSPC;
+			goto fail1;
+		}
 
-	efx_set_channels(efx);
+		/* Determine the number of channels and queues by trying
+		 * to hook in MSI-X interrupts.
+		 */
+		rc = efx_probe_interrupts(efx);
+		if (rc)
+			goto fail1;
 
-	rc = efx->type->dimension_resources(efx);
-	if (rc)
-		goto fail2;
+		efx_set_channels(efx);
+
+		/* dimension_resources can fail with EAGAIN */
+		rc = efx->type->dimension_resources(efx);
+		if (rc != 0 && rc != -EAGAIN)
+			goto fail2;
+
+		if (rc == -EAGAIN)
+			/* try again with new max_channels */
+			efx_remove_interrupts(efx);
+
+	} while (rc == -EAGAIN);
 
 	if (efx->n_channels > 1)
 		netdev_rss_key_fill(&efx->rx_hash_key,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
index acb1e07..1aaf76c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void efx_xmit_done(struct efx_tx_queue *tx_queue, unsigned int index);
 int efx_setup_tc(struct net_device *net_dev, u8 num_tc);
 unsigned int efx_tx_max_skb_descs(struct efx_nic *efx);
 extern unsigned int efx_piobuf_size;
+extern bool efx_separate_tx_channels;
 
 /* RX */
 void efx_set_default_rx_indir_table(struct efx_nic *efx);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon.c
index 80e69af..d790cb8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon.c
@@ -2371,6 +2371,7 @@ static int falcon_probe_nic(struct efx_nic *efx)
 
 	efx->max_channels = (efx_nic_rev(efx) <= EFX_REV_FALCON_A1 ? 4 :
 			     EFX_MAX_CHANNELS);
+	efx->max_tx_channels = efx->max_channels;
 	efx->timer_quantum_ns = 4968; /* 621 cycles */
 
 	/* Initialise I2C adapter */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
index 4d35313..c530e1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h
@@ -972,6 +972,7 @@ struct efx_nic {
 	unsigned next_buffer_table;
 
 	unsigned int max_channels;
+	unsigned int max_tx_channels;
 	unsigned n_channels;
 	unsigned n_rx_channels;
 	unsigned rss_spread;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena.c
index b2f886d..2219b54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/siena.c
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ static int siena_probe_nic(struct efx_nic *efx)
 	}
 
 	efx->max_channels = EFX_MAX_CHANNELS;
+	efx->max_tx_channels = EFX_MAX_CHANNELS;
 
 	efx_reado(efx, &reg, FR_AZ_CS_DEBUG);
 	efx->port_num = EFX_OWORD_FIELD(reg, FRF_CZ_CS_PORT_NUM) - 1;
