diff --git a/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_ddcb.c b/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_ddcb.c
index f0de6153bea2..dc9851a5540e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_ddcb.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_ddcb.c
@@ -1251,9 +1251,7 @@ int genwqe_setup_service_layer(struct genwqe_dev *cd)
 	}
 
 	rc = genwqe_set_interrupt_capability(cd, GENWQE_MSI_IRQS);
-	if (rc > 0)
-		rc = genwqe_set_interrupt_capability(cd, rc);
-	if (rc != 0) {
+	if (rc) {
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto stop_kthread;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_utils.c b/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_utils.c
index 4a500582eef0..a6400f09229c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_utils.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/genwqe/card_utils.c
@@ -728,10 +728,12 @@ int genwqe_set_interrupt_capability(struct genwqe_dev *cd, int count)
 	int rc;
 	struct pci_dev *pci_dev = cd->pci_dev;
 
-	rc = pci_enable_msi_exact(pci_dev, count);
-	if (rc == 0)
-		cd->flags |= GENWQE_FLAG_MSI_ENABLED;
-	return rc;
+	rc = pci_enable_msi_range(pci_dev, 1, count);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return rc;
+
+	cd->flags |= GENWQE_FLAG_MSI_ENABLED;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**