diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
index 810977952f95..e690b95b1bbb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@ struct nvsp_message {
 
 #define VRSS_SEND_TAB_SIZE 16  /* must be power of 2 */
 #define VRSS_CHANNEL_MAX 64
-#define VRSS_CHANNEL_DEFAULT 8
+#define VRSS_CHANNEL_DEFAULT 16
 
 #define RNDIS_MAX_PKT_DEFAULT 8
 #define RNDIS_PKT_ALIGN_DEFAULT 8
diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 44142245343d..153b97f8ec0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -987,7 +987,8 @@ struct netvsc_device_info *netvsc_devinfo_get(struct netvsc_device *nvdev)
 			dev_info->bprog = prog;
 		}
 	} else {
-		dev_info->num_chn = VRSS_CHANNEL_DEFAULT;
+		dev_info->num_chn = max(VRSS_CHANNEL_DEFAULT,
+					netif_get_num_default_rss_queues());
 		dev_info->send_sections = NETVSC_DEFAULT_TX;
 		dev_info->send_section_size = NETVSC_SEND_SECTION_SIZE;
 		dev_info->recv_sections = NETVSC_DEFAULT_RX;