#define OTHER_VECTOR 1
 #define NON_Q_VECTORS (OTHER_VECTOR)
 
-#define MAX_MSIX_Q_VECTORS 16
+#define MAX_MSIX_VECTORS_82598 18
+#define MAX_MSIX_Q_VECTORS_82598 16
+
+#define MAX_MSIX_Q_VECTORS MAX_MSIX_Q_VECTORS_82598
+#define MAX_MSIX_COUNT MAX_MSIX_VECTORS_82598
+
 #define MIN_MSIX_Q_VECTORS 2
-#define MAX_MSIX_COUNT (MAX_MSIX_Q_VECTORS + NON_Q_VECTORS)
 #define MIN_MSIX_COUNT (MIN_MSIX_Q_VECTORS + NON_Q_VECTORS)
 
 /* board specific private data structure */
        u64 hw_csum_rx_good;
        u64 non_eop_descs;
        int num_msix_vectors;
+       int max_msix_q_vectors;         /* true count of q_vectors for device */
        struct ixgbe_ring_feature ring_feature[3];
        struct msix_entry *msix_entries;
 
 
 static s32 ixgbe_read_i2c_eeprom_82598(struct ixgbe_hw *hw, u8 byte_offset,
                                        u8 *eeprom_data);
 
+/**
+ *  ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_82598 - Gets MSI-X vector count
+ *  @hw: pointer to hardware structure
+ *
+ *  Read PCIe configuration space, and get the MSI-X vector count from
+ *  the capabilities table.
+ **/
+u16 ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_82598(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
+{
+       struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = hw->back;
+       u16 msix_count;
+       pci_read_config_word(adapter->pdev, IXGBE_PCIE_MSIX_82598_CAPS,
+                            &msix_count);
+       msix_count &= IXGBE_PCIE_MSIX_TBL_SZ_MASK;
+
+       /* MSI-X count is zero-based in HW, so increment to give proper value */
+       msix_count++;
+
+       return msix_count;
+}
+
 /**
  */
 static s32 ixgbe_get_invariants_82598(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
        mac->num_rar_entries = IXGBE_82598_RAR_ENTRIES;
        mac->max_rx_queues = IXGBE_82598_MAX_RX_QUEUES;
        mac->max_tx_queues = IXGBE_82598_MAX_TX_QUEUES;
+       mac->max_msix_vectors = ixgbe_get_pcie_msix_count_82598(hw);
 
 out:
        return ret_val;
 
                ixgbe_set_num_queues(adapter);
        } else {
                adapter->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_MSIX_ENABLED; /* Woot! */
-               adapter->num_msix_vectors = vectors;
+               /*
+                * Adjust for only the vectors we'll use, which is minimum
+                * of max_msix_q_vectors + NON_Q_VECTORS, or the number of
+                * vectors we were allocated.
+                */
+               adapter->num_msix_vectors = min(vectors,
+                                  adapter->max_msix_q_vectors + NON_Q_VECTORS);
        }
 }
 
        adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_RSS].indices = rss;
        adapter->flags |= IXGBE_FLAG_RSS_ENABLED;
        adapter->ring_feature[RING_F_DCB].indices = IXGBE_MAX_DCB_INDICES;
+       adapter->max_msix_q_vectors = MAX_MSIX_Q_VECTORS_82598;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCB
        /* Configure DCB traffic classes */
 
 #define IXGBE_FW_PTR            0x0F
 #define IXGBE_PBANUM0_PTR       0x15
 #define IXGBE_PBANUM1_PTR       0x16
+#define IXGBE_PCIE_MSIX_82598_CAPS  0x62
+
+/* MSI-X capability fields masks */
+#define IXGBE_PCIE_MSIX_TBL_SZ_MASK     0x7FF
 
 /* Legacy EEPROM word offsets */
 #define IXGBE_ISCSI_BOOT_CAPS           0x0033
        u32                             num_rar_entries;
        u32                             max_tx_queues;
        u32                             max_rx_queues;
+       u32                             max_msix_vectors;
        u32                             link_attach_type;
        u32                             link_mode_select;
        bool                            link_settings_loaded;