diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index b3232b8baa25..53a038fcbe99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -3394,15 +3394,59 @@ static void virtnet_ack_link_announce(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 		dev_warn(&vi->dev->dev, "Failed to ack link announce.\n");
 }
 
+static bool virtnet_commit_rss_command(struct virtnet_info *vi);
+
+static void virtnet_rss_update_by_qpairs(struct virtnet_info *vi, u16 queue_pairs)
+{
+	u32 indir_val = 0;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	for (; i < vi->rss_indir_table_size; ++i) {
+		indir_val = ethtool_rxfh_indir_default(i, queue_pairs);
+		vi->rss.indirection_table[i] = indir_val;
+	}
+	vi->rss.max_tx_vq = queue_pairs;
+}
+
 static int virtnet_set_queues(struct virtnet_info *vi, u16 queue_pairs)
 {
 	struct virtio_net_ctrl_mq *mq __free(kfree) = NULL;
-	struct scatterlist sg;
+	struct virtio_net_ctrl_rss old_rss;
 	struct net_device *dev = vi->dev;
+	struct scatterlist sg;
 
 	if (!vi->has_cvq || !virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Firstly check if we need update rss. Do updating if both (1) rss enabled and
+	 * (2) no user configuration.
+	 *
+	 * During rss command processing, device updates queue_pairs using rss.max_tx_vq. That is,
+	 * the device updates queue_pairs together with rss, so we can skip the sperate queue_pairs
+	 * update (VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ_VQ_PAIRS_SET below) and return directly.
+	 */
+	if (vi->has_rss && !netif_is_rxfh_configured(dev)) {
+		memcpy(&old_rss, &vi->rss, sizeof(old_rss));
+		if (rss_indirection_table_alloc(&vi->rss, vi->rss_indir_table_size)) {
+			vi->rss.indirection_table = old_rss.indirection_table;
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		virtnet_rss_update_by_qpairs(vi, queue_pairs);
+
+		if (!virtnet_commit_rss_command(vi)) {
+			/* restore ctrl_rss if commit_rss_command failed */
+			rss_indirection_table_free(&vi->rss);
+			memcpy(&vi->rss, &old_rss, sizeof(old_rss));
+
+			dev_warn(&dev->dev, "Fail to set num of queue pairs to %d, because committing RSS failed\n",
+				 queue_pairs);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		rss_indirection_table_free(&old_rss);
+		goto succ;
+	}
+
 	mq = kzalloc(sizeof(*mq), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mq)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -3415,12 +3459,12 @@ static int virtnet_set_queues(struct virtnet_info *vi, u16 queue_pairs)
 		dev_warn(&dev->dev, "Fail to set num of queue pairs to %d\n",
 			 queue_pairs);
 		return -EINVAL;
-	} else {
-		vi->curr_queue_pairs = queue_pairs;
-		/* virtnet_open() will refill when device is going to up. */
-		if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
-			schedule_delayed_work(&vi->refill, 0);
 	}
+succ:
+	vi->curr_queue_pairs = queue_pairs;
+	/* virtnet_open() will refill when device is going to up. */
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP)
+		schedule_delayed_work(&vi->refill, 0);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -3880,21 +3924,14 @@ err:
 
 static void virtnet_init_default_rss(struct virtnet_info *vi)
 {
-	u32 indir_val = 0;
-	int i = 0;
-
 	vi->rss.hash_types = vi->rss_hash_types_supported;
 	vi->rss_hash_types_saved = vi->rss_hash_types_supported;
 	vi->rss.indirection_table_mask = vi->rss_indir_table_size
 						? vi->rss_indir_table_size - 1 : 0;
 	vi->rss.unclassified_queue = 0;
 
-	for (; i < vi->rss_indir_table_size; ++i) {
-		indir_val = ethtool_rxfh_indir_default(i, vi->curr_queue_pairs);
-		vi->rss.indirection_table[i] = indir_val;
-	}
+	virtnet_rss_update_by_qpairs(vi, vi->curr_queue_pairs);
 
-	vi->rss.max_tx_vq = vi->has_rss ? vi->curr_queue_pairs : 0;
 	vi->rss.hash_key_length = vi->rss_key_size;
 
 	netdev_rss_key_fill(vi->rss.key, vi->rss_key_size);