diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index c4ddbe8501a7..7f19644689f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -671,7 +671,8 @@ void mlx5e_build_tir_ctx_hash(void *tirc, struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
 
 int mlx5e_open_locked(struct net_device *netdev);
 int mlx5e_close_locked(struct net_device *netdev);
-void mlx5e_build_default_indir_rqt(u32 *indirection_rqt, int len,
+void mlx5e_build_default_indir_rqt(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
+				   u32 *indirection_rqt, int len,
 				   int num_channels);
 
 static inline void mlx5e_tx_notify_hw(struct mlx5e_sq *sq,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index 39c19021d154..6f40ba448f07 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static int mlx5e_set_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 		mlx5e_close_locked(dev);
 
 	priv->params.num_channels = count;
-	mlx5e_build_default_indir_rqt(priv->params.indirection_rqt,
+	mlx5e_build_default_indir_rqt(priv->mdev, priv->params.indirection_rqt,
 				      MLX5E_INDIR_RQT_SIZE, count);
 
 	if (was_opened)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 7fbe1ba86294..9b58ef6cab93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -2297,11 +2297,22 @@ static void mlx5e_ets_init(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 }
 #endif
 
-void mlx5e_build_default_indir_rqt(u32 *indirection_rqt, int len,
+void mlx5e_build_default_indir_rqt(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
+				   u32 *indirection_rqt, int len,
 				   int num_channels)
 {
+	int node = mdev->priv.numa_node;
+	int node_num_of_cores;
 	int i;
 
+	if (node == -1)
+		node = first_online_node;
+
+	node_num_of_cores = cpumask_weight(cpumask_of_node(node));
+
+	if (node_num_of_cores)
+		num_channels = min_t(int, num_channels, node_num_of_cores);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
 		indirection_rqt[i] = i % num_channels;
 }
@@ -2333,7 +2344,7 @@ static void mlx5e_build_netdev_priv(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev,
 	netdev_rss_key_fill(priv->params.toeplitz_hash_key,
 			    sizeof(priv->params.toeplitz_hash_key));
 
-	mlx5e_build_default_indir_rqt(priv->params.indirection_rqt,
+	mlx5e_build_default_indir_rqt(mdev, priv->params.indirection_rqt,
 				      MLX5E_INDIR_RQT_SIZE, num_channels);
 
 	priv->params.lro_wqe_sz            =