diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
index 393706b800..06033e3b8f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
@@ -674,7 +674,8 @@ static int bnxt_dev_configure_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	bp->rx_cp_nr_rings = bp->rx_nr_rings;
 	bp->tx_cp_nr_rings = bp->tx_nr_rings;
 
-	rx_offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		rx_offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 	eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads = rx_offloads;
 
 	if (rx_offloads & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_JUMBO_FRAME) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c
index 3dc9351a13..51b63ef574 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cxgbe/cxgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -426,7 +426,9 @@ int cxgbe_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 
 	CXGBE_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |=
+			DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	if (!(adapter->flags & FW_QUEUE_BOUND)) {
 		err = cxgbe_setup_sge_fwevtq(adapter);
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c
index 369a978adc..2d2dc9cbef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/igb_ethdev.c
@@ -1182,7 +1182,8 @@ eth_igb_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/* multipe queue mode checking */
 	ret  = igb_check_mq_mode(dev);
@@ -3259,7 +3260,8 @@ igbvf_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "Configured Virtual Function port id: %d",
 		     dev->data->port_id);
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/*
 	 * VF has no ability to enable/disable HW CRC
diff --git a/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c
index 683fed28b1..a7a178e41b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/enic/enic_ethdev.c
@@ -405,7 +405,9 @@ static int enicpmd_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |=
+			DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	enic->mc_count = 0;
 	enic->hw_ip_checksum = !!(eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &
diff --git a/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
index 3114825220..407baa16c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fm10k/fm10k_ethdev.c
@@ -461,7 +461,8 @@ fm10k_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/* multipe queue mode checking */
 	ret  = fm10k_check_mq_mode(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/hinic/hinic_pmd_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/hinic/hinic_pmd_ethdev.c
index 072fec3398..ddfe082142 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hinic/hinic_pmd_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hinic/hinic_pmd_ethdev.c
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ static int hinic_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/* mtu size is 256~9600 */
 	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len < HINIC_MIN_FRAME_SIZE ||
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
index 9a81f995d8..ca668dd8f9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
@@ -1813,7 +1813,8 @@ i40e_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	ad->tx_simple_allowed = true;
 	ad->tx_vec_allowed = true;
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/* Only legacy filter API needs the following fdir config. So when the
 	 * legacy filter API is deprecated, the following codes should also be
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
index c23a8fc675..a39ba1466c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ iavf_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	ad->rx_vec_allowed = true;
 	ad->tx_vec_allowed = true;
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/* Vlan stripping setting */
 	if (vf->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
index 7fd4bfe082..837a26fd9d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/ice_ethdev.c
@@ -2445,7 +2445,8 @@ ice_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	ad->rx_bulk_alloc_allowed = true;
 	ad->tx_simple_allowed = true;
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
index 797f321e0e..0084c3335c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -2405,7 +2405,8 @@ ixgbe_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/* multipe queue mode checking */
 	ret  = ixgbe_check_mq_mode(dev);
@@ -5160,7 +5161,8 @@ ixgbevf_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "Configured Virtual Function port id: %d",
 		     dev->data->port_id);
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/*
 	 * VF has no ability to enable/disable HW CRC
diff --git a/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_ethdev.c
index cdf979edbf..ad4a51ecda 100644
--- a/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/liquidio/lio_ethdev.c
@@ -1736,7 +1736,9 @@ lio_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		eth_dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |=
+			DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/* Inform firmware about change in number of queues to use.
 	 * Disable IO queues and reset registers for re-configuration.
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
index 9b5c5477da..ab5e6c66cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/mlx4.c
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ mlx4_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	struct rte_flow_error error;
 	int ret;
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/* Prepare internal flow rules. */
 	ret = mlx4_flow_sync(priv, &error);
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
index 11efb2d8ad..1d6c084119 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
@@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ mlx5_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		return -rte_errno;
 	}
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	memcpy(priv->rss_conf.rss_key,
 	       use_app_rss_key ?
diff --git a/drivers/net/netvsc/hn_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/netvsc/hn_ethdev.c
index 6589355090..164e9ad174 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netvsc/hn_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netvsc/hn_ethdev.c
@@ -532,7 +532,8 @@ static int hn_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	dev_conf->rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev_conf->rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev_conf->rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	unsupported = txmode->offloads & ~HN_TX_OFFLOAD_CAPS;
 	if (unsupported) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
index 7941248c01..450875ce2f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
@@ -407,7 +407,8 @@ nfp_net_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	rxmode = &dev_conf->rxmode;
 	txmode = &dev_conf->txmode;
 
-	rxmode->offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (rxmode->mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		rxmode->offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/* Checking TX mode */
 	if (txmode->mq_mode) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
index 853748afed..19d2e96191 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_ethdev.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,8 @@ static int qede_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE(edev);
 
-	rxmode->offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (rxmode->mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		rxmode->offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	/* We need to have min 1 RX queue.There is no min check in
 	 * rte_eth_dev_configure(), so we are checking it here.
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
index 10fa1e5ff3..74218296cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_rx.c
@@ -1558,7 +1558,7 @@ sfc_rx_check_mode(struct sfc_adapter *sa, struct rte_eth_rxmode *rxmode)
 	}
 
 	if ((offloads_supported & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH) &&
-	    (~rxmode->offloads & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH))
+	    (rxmode->mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG))
 		rxmode->offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_ethdev.c
index 062eec3f25..2cf0ffe13b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_ethdev.c
@@ -1920,7 +1920,8 @@ nicvf_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	rxmode->offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (rxmode->mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		rxmode->offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	if (!rte_eal_has_hugepages()) {
 		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "Huge page is not configured");
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
index 53fbd2bd03..6e6efa9603 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
@@ -408,7 +408,8 @@ vmxnet3_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS_FLAG)
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads |= DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_RSS_HASH;
 
 	if (dev->data->nb_tx_queues > VMXNET3_MAX_TX_QUEUES ||
 	    dev->data->nb_rx_queues > VMXNET3_MAX_RX_QUEUES) {
