diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 8174cee8eb53dbcd18d62ba5c73e4baad749c1f5..71b6b20ae82b947fa4dcf659f8c76d6f77317d94 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -1916,12 +1916,13 @@ qla83xx_iospace_config(struct qla_hw_data *ha)
 		if (ql2xmqsupport) {
 			/* MB interrupt uses 1 vector */
 			ha->max_req_queues = ha->msix_count - 1;
-			ha->max_rsp_queues = ha->max_req_queues;
 
 			/* ATIOQ needs 1 vector. That's 1 less QPair */
 			if (QLA_TGT_MODE_ENABLED())
 				ha->max_req_queues--;
 
+			ha->max_rsp_queues = ha->max_req_queues;
+
 			/* Queue pairs is the max value minus
 			 * the base queue pair */
 			ha->max_qpairs = ha->max_req_queues - 1;