diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
index d9c9f86a30df953fa555934c5406057dcaf28960..d5a9372ed84d3127cf16c07bc43666651fe2486d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
@@ -1732,8 +1732,6 @@ static void mlx4_en_get_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	memset(channel, 0, sizeof(*channel));
-
 	channel->max_rx = MAX_RX_RINGS;
 	channel->max_tx = MLX4_EN_MAX_TX_RING_P_UP;
 
@@ -1752,10 +1750,7 @@ static int mlx4_en_set_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 	int xdp_count;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	if (channel->other_count || channel->combined_count ||
-	    channel->tx_count > MLX4_EN_MAX_TX_RING_P_UP ||
-	    channel->rx_count > MAX_RX_RINGS ||
-	    !channel->tx_count || !channel->rx_count)
+	if (!channel->tx_count || !channel->rx_count)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	tmp = kzalloc(sizeof(*tmp), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index 33a399a8b5d52297379ade73f37e61df266905fa..b1b9eb6ee1354c3e099cafcb82d45d6cfe13ec86 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -554,16 +554,6 @@ static int mlx5e_set_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 			    __func__);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	if (ch->rx_count || ch->tx_count) {
-		netdev_info(dev, "%s: separate rx/tx count not supported\n",
-			    __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	if (count > ncv) {
-		netdev_info(dev, "%s: count (%d) > max (%d)\n",
-			    __func__, count, ncv);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
 
 	if (priv->params.num_channels == count)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index e23766c7e3ba19414494d242af86c1029e8eee61..236a21e3c878e73fbd97d74de3694caaeab5e762 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -1712,7 +1712,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_get_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_set_channels(struct net_device *dev,
 						   void __user *useraddr)
 {
-	struct ethtool_channels channels, max;
+	struct ethtool_channels channels, max = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GCHANNELS };
 	u32 max_rx_in_use = 0;
 
 	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->set_channels || !dev->ethtool_ops->get_channels)