diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
index d8cd9cac6cf0..effe686dbcdb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
@@ -2658,7 +2658,7 @@ static int ena_calc_io_queue_num(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		io_sq_num = get_feat_ctx->max_queues.max_sq_num;
 	}
 
-	io_queue_num = min_t(int, num_possible_cpus(), ENA_MAX_NUM_IO_QUEUES);
+	io_queue_num = min_t(int, num_online_cpus(), ENA_MAX_NUM_IO_QUEUES);
 	io_queue_num = min_t(int, io_queue_num, io_sq_num);
 	io_queue_num = min_t(int, io_queue_num,
 			     get_feat_ctx->max_queues.max_cq_num);