diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
index 2e46c28fc6019a892f7792c6017effe3f7db7063..ddd95b9fa6cf87e5c1d485147f1e74e194c5c86c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
@@ -3202,13 +3202,16 @@ int bnx2x_enable_sriov(struct bnx2x *bp)
 		bnx2x_iov_static_resc(bp, vf);
 	}
 
-	/* prepare msix vectors in VF configuration space */
+	/* prepare msix vectors in VF configuration space - the value in the
+	 * PCI configuration space should be the index of the last entry,
+	 * namely one less than the actual size of the table
+	 */
 	for (vf_idx = first_vf; vf_idx < first_vf + req_vfs; vf_idx++) {
 		bnx2x_pretend_func(bp, HW_VF_HANDLE(bp, vf_idx));
 		REG_WR(bp, PCICFG_OFFSET + GRC_CONFIG_REG_VF_MSIX_CONTROL,
-		       num_vf_queues);
+		       num_vf_queues - 1);
 		DP(BNX2X_MSG_IOV, "set msix vec num in VF %d cfg space to %d\n",
-		   vf_idx, num_vf_queues);
+		   vf_idx, num_vf_queues - 1);
 	}
 	bnx2x_pretend_func(bp, BP_ABS_FUNC(bp));