diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 3942c6208745c..d83cc9d34de33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -9758,6 +9758,17 @@ static void ixgbe_fwd_del(struct net_device *pdev, void *priv)
 	limit = find_last_bit(&adapter->fwd_bitmask, 32);
 	adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_VMDQ].limit = limit + 1;
 	ixgbe_fwd_ring_down(fwd_adapter->netdev, fwd_adapter);
+
+	/* go back to full RSS if we're done with our VMQs */
+	if (adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_VMDQ].limit == 1) {
+		int rss = min_t(int, ixgbe_max_rss_indices(adapter),
+				num_online_cpus());
+
+		adapter->flags &= ~IXGBE_FLAG_VMDQ_ENABLED;
+		adapter->flags &= ~IXGBE_FLAG_SRIOV_ENABLED;
+		adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_RSS].limit = rss;
+	}
+
 	ixgbe_setup_tc(pdev, netdev_get_num_tc(pdev));
 	netdev_dbg(pdev, "pool %i:%i queues %i:%i VSI bitmask %lx\n",
 		   fwd_adapter->pool, adapter->num_rx_pools,