diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 4599b6e0d219..8b1f4e9fc780 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -6704,25 +6704,36 @@ int bnxt_get_nr_rss_ctxs(struct bnxt *bp, int rx_rings)
 static void bnxt_fill_hw_rss_tbl(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_vnic_info *vnic)
 {
 	bool no_rss = !(vnic->flags & BNXT_VNIC_RSS_FLAG);
-	u16 i, j;
+	u16 i, j, min_j = bp->rx_nr_rings - 1;
 
 	if (!vnic->rss_table)
-		return;
+		goto skip_rss_tbl;
 
 	/* Fill the RSS indirection table with ring group ids */
 	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < HW_HASH_INDEX_SIZE; i++) {
 		if (!no_rss)
 			j = bp->rss_indir_tbl[i];
+		min_j = min(j, min_j);
 		vnic->rss_table[i] = cpu_to_le16(vnic->fw_grp_ids[j]);
 	}
+
+skip_rss_tbl:
+	if (vnic->rss_table && !no_rss)
+		vnic->default_rx_ring = min_j;
+	else if (vnic->flags & BNXT_VNIC_RFS_FLAG)
+		vnic->default_rx_ring = vnic->vnic_id - 1;
+	else if ((vnic->vnic_id == 1) && BNXT_CHIP_TYPE_NITRO_A0(bp))
+		vnic->default_rx_ring = bp->rx_nr_rings - 1;
+	else
+		vnic->default_rx_ring = 0;
 }
 
 static void bnxt_fill_hw_rss_tbl_p5(struct bnxt *bp,
 				    struct bnxt_vnic_info *vnic)
 {
+	u16 tbl_size, i, min_j = bp->rx_nr_rings - 1;
 	__le16 *ring_tbl = vnic->rss_table;
 	struct bnxt_rx_ring_info *rxr;
-	u16 tbl_size, i;
 
 	tbl_size = bnxt_get_rxfh_indir_size(bp->dev);
 
@@ -6735,6 +6746,7 @@ static void bnxt_fill_hw_rss_tbl_p5(struct bnxt *bp,
 			j = ethtool_rxfh_context_indir(vnic->rss_ctx)[i];
 		else
 			j = bp->rss_indir_tbl[i];
+		min_j = min(j, min_j);
 		rxr = &bp->rx_ring[j];
 
 		ring_id = rxr->rx_ring_struct.fw_ring_id;
@@ -6742,6 +6754,7 @@ static void bnxt_fill_hw_rss_tbl_p5(struct bnxt *bp,
 		ring_id = bnxt_cp_ring_for_rx(bp, rxr);
 		*ring_tbl++ = cpu_to_le16(ring_id);
 	}
+	vnic->default_rx_ring = min_j;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -6938,8 +6951,9 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_vnic_cfg(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_vnic_info *vnic)
 		return rc;
 
 	if (bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_CHIP_P5_PLUS) {
-		struct bnxt_rx_ring_info *rxr = &bp->rx_ring[0];
+		struct bnxt_rx_ring_info *rxr;
 
+		rxr = &bp->rx_ring[vnic->default_rx_ring];
 		req->default_rx_ring_id =
 			cpu_to_le16(rxr->rx_ring_struct.fw_ring_id);
 		req->default_cmpl_ring_id =
@@ -6972,13 +6986,7 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_vnic_cfg(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_vnic_info *vnic)
 		req->cos_rule = cpu_to_le16(0xffff);
 	}
 
-	if (vnic->flags & BNXT_VNIC_RSS_FLAG)
-		ring = 0;
-	else if (vnic->flags & BNXT_VNIC_RFS_FLAG)
-		ring = vnic->vnic_id - 1;
-	else if ((vnic->vnic_id == 1) && BNXT_CHIP_TYPE_NITRO_A0(bp))
-		ring = bp->rx_nr_rings - 1;
-
+	ring = vnic->default_rx_ring;
 	grp_idx = bp->rx_ring[ring].bnapi->index;
 	req->dflt_ring_grp = cpu_to_le16(bp->grp_info[grp_idx].fw_grp_id);
 	req->lb_rule = cpu_to_le16(0xffff);
@@ -11171,6 +11179,9 @@ static int bnxt_setup_nitroa0_vnic(struct bnxt *bp)
 		return rc;
 	}
 
+	/* Setup the proper default RX ring */
+	bnxt_fill_hw_rss_tbl(bp, vnic);
+
 	rc = bnxt_hwrm_vnic_cfg(bp, vnic);
 	if (rc) {
 		netdev_err(bp->dev, "Cannot allocate special vnic for NS2 A0: %x\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index 6335dfc14c98..44ea8fc7b766 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -1334,6 +1334,7 @@ struct bnxt_vnic_info {
 #define BNXT_VNIC_RSSCTX_FLAG		0x40
 	struct ethtool_rxfh_context *rss_ctx;
 	u32		vnic_id;
+	u16		default_rx_ring;
 };
 
 struct bnxt_rss_ctx {