diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
index 2e814db..4007054 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ rte_eth_dev_check_vf_rss_rxq_num(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t nb_rx_q)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool = nb_rx_q;
+	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_rx_q_per_pool = nb_rx_q;
 	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).def_pool_q_idx =
 		dev->pci_dev->max_vfs * nb_rx_q;
 
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ rte_eth_dev_check_mq_mode(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t nb_rx_q, uint16_t nb_tx_q,
 					dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode);
 		case ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_RSS:
 			dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_RSS;
-			if (nb_rx_q <= RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool)
+			if (nb_rx_q <= RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_rx_q_per_pool)
 				if (rte_eth_dev_check_vf_rss_rxq_num(port_id, nb_rx_q) != 0) {
 					PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("ethdev port_id=%d"
 						" SRIOV active, invalid queue"
@@ -580,8 +580,8 @@ rte_eth_dev_check_mq_mode(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t nb_rx_q, uint16_t nb_tx_q,
 		default: /* ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_ONLY or ETH_MQ_RX_NONE */
 			/* if nothing mq mode configure, use default scheme */
 			dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.mq_mode = ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_ONLY;
-			if (RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool > 1)
-				RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool = 1;
+			if (RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_rx_q_per_pool > 1)
+				RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_rx_q_per_pool = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -600,8 +600,8 @@ rte_eth_dev_check_mq_mode(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t nb_rx_q, uint16_t nb_tx_q,
 		}
 
 		/* check valid queue number */
-		if ((nb_rx_q > RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool) ||
-		    (nb_tx_q > RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool)) {
+		if ((nb_rx_q > RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_tx_q_per_pool) ||
+		    (nb_tx_q > RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_tx_q_per_pool)) {
 			PMD_DEBUG_TRACE("ethdev port_id=%d SRIOV active, "
 				    "queue number must less equal to %d\n",
 					port_id, RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool);
diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
index 84160c3..af86401 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h
@@ -1544,7 +1544,8 @@ struct rte_eth_dev {
 
 struct rte_eth_dev_sriov {
 	uint8_t active;               /**< SRIOV is active with 16, 32 or 64 pools */
-	uint8_t nb_q_per_pool;        /**< rx queue number per pool */
+	uint8_t nb_rx_q_per_pool;        /**< rx queue number per pool */
+	uint8_t nb_tx_q_per_pool;        /**< tx queue number per pool */
 	uint16_t def_vmdq_idx;        /**< Default pool num used for PF */
 	uint16_t def_pool_q_idx;      /**< Default pool queue start reg index */
 };
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_e1000/igb_pf.c b/lib/librte_pmd_e1000/igb_pf.c
index bc3816a..9d2f858 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_e1000/igb_pf.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_e1000/igb_pf.c
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ void igb_pf_host_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 		rte_panic("Cannot allocate memory for private VF data\n");
 
 	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).active = ETH_8_POOLS;
-	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).nb_q_per_pool = nb_queue;
+	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).nb_rx_q_per_pool = nb_queue;
+	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).nb_tx_q_per_pool = nb_queue;
 	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).def_vmdq_idx = vf_num;
 	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).def_pool_q_idx = (uint16_t)(vf_num * nb_queue);
 
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
index d6d408e..02b9cda 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c
@@ -3564,7 +3564,7 @@ static int ixgbe_set_vf_rate_limit(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t vf,
 	struct ixgbe_hw *hw = IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
 	struct ixgbe_vf_info *vfinfo =
 		*(IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_P_VFDATA(dev->data->dev_private));
-	uint8_t  nb_q_per_pool = RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool;
+	uint8_t  nb_q_per_pool = RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_tx_q_per_pool;
 	uint32_t queue_stride =
 		IXGBE_MAX_RX_QUEUE_NUM / RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).active;
 	uint32_t queue_idx = vf * queue_stride, idx = 0, vf_idx;
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
index dbda9b5..4103e97 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ void ixgbe_pf_host_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 		RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).active = ETH_16_POOLS;
 	}
 
-	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).nb_q_per_pool = nb_queue;
+	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).nb_rx_q_per_pool = nb_queue;
+	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).nb_tx_q_per_pool = nb_queue;
 	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).def_vmdq_idx = vf_num;
 	RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(eth_dev).def_pool_q_idx = (uint16_t)(vf_num * nb_queue);
 
@@ -497,7 +498,7 @@ ixgbe_get_vf_queues(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t vf, uint32_t *msgbuf)
 {
 	struct ixgbe_vf_info *vfinfo =
 		*IXGBE_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_P_VFDATA(dev->data->dev_private);
-	uint32_t default_q = vf * RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool;
+	uint32_t default_q = vf * RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_tx_q_per_pool;
 
 	/* Verify if the PF supports the mbox APIs version or not */
 	switch (vfinfo[vf].api_version) {
@@ -509,8 +510,8 @@ ixgbe_get_vf_queues(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint32_t vf, uint32_t *msgbuf)
 	}
 
 	/* Notify VF of Rx and Tx queue number */
-	msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_RX_QUEUES] = RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool;
-	msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_TX_QUEUES] = RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_q_per_pool;
+	msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_RX_QUEUES] = RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_rx_q_per_pool;
+	msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_TX_QUEUES] = RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(dev).nb_tx_q_per_pool;
 
 	/* Notify VF of default queue */
 	msgbuf[IXGBE_VF_DEF_QUEUE] = default_q;
