diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index 5829715fa342..e019baa905c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
 #define I40E_AQ_LEN			256
 #define I40E_AQ_WORK_LIMIT		66 /* max number of VFs + a little */
 #define I40E_MAX_USER_PRIORITY		8
-#define I40E_MAX_QUEUES_PER_CH		64
 #define I40E_DEFAULT_TRAFFIC_CLASS	BIT(0)
 #define I40E_DEFAULT_MSG_ENABLE		4
 #define I40E_QUEUE_WAIT_RETRY_LIMIT	10
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 4a964d6e4a9e..173e924d4dae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -5629,14 +5629,6 @@ static int i40e_validate_num_queues(struct i40e_pf *pf, int num_queues,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	*reconfig_rss = false;
-
-	if (num_queues > I40E_MAX_QUEUES_PER_CH) {
-		dev_err(&pf->pdev->dev,
-			"Failed to create VMDq VSI. User requested num_queues (%d) > I40E_MAX_QUEUES_PER_VSI (%u)\n",
-			num_queues, I40E_MAX_QUEUES_PER_CH);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	if (vsi->current_rss_size) {
 		if (num_queues > vsi->current_rss_size) {
 			dev_dbg(&pf->pdev->dev,