diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_dp_tx.h b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_dp_tx.h
index 4485b2f..a384a53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_dp_tx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_dp_tx.h
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ struct sfc_dp_tx_qcreate_info {
 };
 
 /**
+ * Get Tx datapath specific device info.
+ *
+ * @param dev_info		Device info to be adjusted
+ */
+typedef void (sfc_dp_tx_get_dev_info_t)(struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info);
+
+/**
  * Get size of transmit and event queue rings by the number of Tx
  * descriptors.
  *
@@ -162,6 +169,7 @@ struct sfc_dp_tx {
 #define SFC_DP_TX_FEAT_MULTI_PROCESS	0x8
 #define SFC_DP_TX_FEAT_MULTI_POOL	0x10
 #define SFC_DP_TX_FEAT_REFCNT		0x20
+	sfc_dp_tx_get_dev_info_t	*get_dev_info;
 	sfc_dp_tx_qsize_up_rings_t	*qsize_up_rings;
 	sfc_dp_tx_qcreate_t		*qcreate;
 	sfc_dp_tx_qdestroy_t		*qdestroy;
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ef10_tx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ef10_tx.c
index 99fe87e..02df39c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ef10_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ef10_tx.c
@@ -481,6 +481,17 @@ sfc_ef10_simple_xmit_pkts(void *tx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **tx_pkts,
 	return pktp - &tx_pkts[0];
 }
 
+static sfc_dp_tx_get_dev_info_t sfc_ef10_get_dev_info;
+static void
+sfc_ef10_get_dev_info(struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Number of descriptors just defines maximum number of pushed
+	 * descriptors (fill level).
+	 */
+	dev_info->tx_desc_lim.nb_min = 1;
+	dev_info->tx_desc_lim.nb_align = 1;
+}
 
 static sfc_dp_tx_qsize_up_rings_t sfc_ef10_tx_qsize_up_rings;
 static int
@@ -489,9 +500,19 @@ sfc_ef10_tx_qsize_up_rings(uint16_t nb_tx_desc,
 			   unsigned int *evq_entries,
 			   unsigned int *txq_max_fill_level)
 {
-	*txq_entries = nb_tx_desc;
-	*evq_entries = nb_tx_desc;
-	*txq_max_fill_level = SFC_EF10_TXQ_LIMIT(*txq_entries);
+	/*
+	 * rte_ethdev API guarantees that the number meets min, max and
+	 * alignment requirements.
+	 */
+	if (nb_tx_desc <= EFX_TXQ_MINNDESCS)
+		*txq_entries = EFX_TXQ_MINNDESCS;
+	else
+		*txq_entries = rte_align32pow2(nb_tx_desc);
+
+	*evq_entries = *txq_entries;
+
+	*txq_max_fill_level = RTE_MIN(nb_tx_desc,
+				      SFC_EF10_TXQ_LIMIT(*evq_entries));
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -637,6 +658,7 @@ struct sfc_dp_tx sfc_ef10_tx = {
 				  SFC_DP_TX_FEAT_MULTI_POOL |
 				  SFC_DP_TX_FEAT_REFCNT |
 				  SFC_DP_TX_FEAT_MULTI_PROCESS,
+	.get_dev_info		= sfc_ef10_get_dev_info,
 	.qsize_up_rings		= sfc_ef10_tx_qsize_up_rings,
 	.qcreate		= sfc_ef10_tx_qcreate,
 	.qdestroy		= sfc_ef10_tx_qdestroy,
@@ -654,6 +676,7 @@ struct sfc_dp_tx sfc_ef10_simple_tx = {
 		.type		= SFC_DP_TX,
 	},
 	.features		= SFC_DP_TX_FEAT_MULTI_PROCESS,
+	.get_dev_info		= sfc_ef10_get_dev_info,
 	.qsize_up_rings		= sfc_ef10_tx_qsize_up_rings,
 	.qcreate		= sfc_ef10_tx_qcreate,
 	.qdestroy		= sfc_ef10_tx_qdestroy,
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
index fec91c3..e677ba5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_ethdev.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ sfc_dev_infos_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 	 */
 	dev_info->rx_desc_lim.nb_align = EFX_RXQ_MINNDESCS;
 
+	/* Initialize to hardware limits */
 	dev_info->tx_desc_lim.nb_max = sa->txq_max_entries;
 	dev_info->tx_desc_lim.nb_min = EFX_TXQ_MINNDESCS;
 	/*
@@ -188,6 +189,8 @@ sfc_dev_infos_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *dev_info)
 
 	if (sa->dp_rx->get_dev_info != NULL)
 		sa->dp_rx->get_dev_info(dev_info);
+	if (sa->dp_tx->get_dev_info != NULL)
+		sa->dp_tx->get_dev_info(dev_info);
 }
 
 static const uint32_t *
diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_tx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_tx.c
index 8f932b0..bdf63b7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/sfc_tx.c
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ sfc_tx_qinit(struct sfc_adapter *sa, unsigned int sw_index,
 				       &txq_max_fill_level);
 	if (rc != 0)
 		goto fail_size_up_rings;
+	SFC_ASSERT(txq_entries >= EFX_TXQ_MINNDESCS);
+	SFC_ASSERT(txq_entries <= sa->txq_max_entries);
+	SFC_ASSERT(txq_entries >= nb_tx_desc);
+	SFC_ASSERT(txq_max_fill_level <= nb_tx_desc);
 
 	rc = sfc_tx_qcheck_conf(sa, txq_max_fill_level, tx_conf);
 	if (rc != 0)
@@ -168,7 +172,6 @@ sfc_tx_qinit(struct sfc_adapter *sa, unsigned int sw_index,
 	SFC_ASSERT(sw_index < sa->txq_count);
 	txq_info = &sa->txq_info[sw_index];
 
-	SFC_ASSERT(txq_entries <= sa->txq_max_entries);
 	txq_info->entries = txq_entries;
 
 	rc = sfc_ev_qinit(sa, SFC_EVQ_TYPE_TX, sw_index,
