diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
index 4f0486fe30dd..e1fd91a58120 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
@@ -3913,7 +3913,6 @@ struct qla_hw_data {
 		uint32_t	scm_supported_f:1;
 				/* Enabled in Driver */
 		uint32_t	scm_enabled:1;
-		uint32_t	max_req_queue_warned:1;
 		uint32_t	plogi_template_valid:1;
 	} flags;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
index a24b82de4aab..5e040b6debc8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c
@@ -4158,6 +4158,8 @@ skip_msi:
 		ql_dbg(ql_dbg_init, vha, 0x0125,
 		    "INTa mode: Enabled.\n");
 		ha->flags.mr_intr_valid = 1;
+		/* Set max_qpair to 0, as MSI-X and MSI in not enabled */
+		ha->max_qpairs = 0;
 	}
 
 clear_risc_ints:
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
index f6c76a063294..5acee3c798d4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c
@@ -109,19 +109,24 @@ static int qla_nvme_alloc_queue(struct nvme_fc_local_port *lport,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (ha->queue_pair_map[qidx]) {
-		*handle = ha->queue_pair_map[qidx];
-		ql_log(ql_log_info, vha, 0x2121,
-		    "Returning existing qpair of %p for idx=%x\n",
-		    *handle, qidx);
-		return 0;
-	}
+	/* Use base qpair if max_qpairs is 0 */
+	if (!ha->max_qpairs) {
+		qpair = ha->base_qpair;
+	} else {
+		if (ha->queue_pair_map[qidx]) {
+			*handle = ha->queue_pair_map[qidx];
+			ql_log(ql_log_info, vha, 0x2121,
+			       "Returning existing qpair of %p for idx=%x\n",
+			       *handle, qidx);
+			return 0;
+		}
 
-	qpair = qla2xxx_create_qpair(vha, 5, vha->vp_idx, true);
-	if (qpair == NULL) {
-		ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x2122,
-		    "Failed to allocate qpair\n");
-		return -EINVAL;
+		qpair = qla2xxx_create_qpair(vha, 5, vha->vp_idx, true);
+		if (!qpair) {
+			ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x2122,
+			       "Failed to allocate qpair\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
 	}
 	*handle = qpair;
 
@@ -715,18 +720,9 @@ int qla_nvme_register_hba(struct scsi_qla_host *vha)
 
 	WARN_ON(vha->nvme_local_port);
 
-	if (ha->max_req_queues < 3) {
-		if (!ha->flags.max_req_queue_warned)
-			ql_log(ql_log_info, vha, 0x2120,
-			       "%s: Disabling FC-NVME due to lack of free queue pairs (%d).\n",
-			       __func__, ha->max_req_queues);
-		ha->flags.max_req_queue_warned = 1;
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	qla_nvme_fc_transport.max_hw_queues =
 	    min((uint8_t)(qla_nvme_fc_transport.max_hw_queues),
-		(uint8_t)(ha->max_req_queues - 2));
+		(uint8_t)(ha->max_qpairs ? ha->max_qpairs : 1));
 
 	pinfo.node_name = wwn_to_u64(vha->node_name);
 	pinfo.port_name = wwn_to_u64(vha->port_name);