diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 0e0c88c122f8..0b95100a7c36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -16314,6 +16314,9 @@ static const struct netdev_queue_mgmt_ops bnxt_queue_mgmt_ops = {
 	.supported_params	= QCFG_RX_PAGE_SIZE,
 };
 
+static const struct netdev_queue_mgmt_ops bnxt_queue_mgmt_ops_unsupp = {
+};
+
 static void bnxt_remove_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
@@ -16966,9 +16969,10 @@ static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 
 	if (BNXT_SUPPORTS_NTUPLE_VNIC(bp))
 		bp->rss_cap |= BNXT_RSS_CAP_MULTI_RSS_CTX;
+
+	dev->queue_mgmt_ops = &bnxt_queue_mgmt_ops_unsupp;
 	if (BNXT_SUPPORTS_QUEUE_API(bp))
 		dev->queue_mgmt_ops = &bnxt_queue_mgmt_ops;
-	dev->request_ops_lock = true;
 	dev->netmem_tx = true;
 
 	rc = register_netdev(dev);