diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 483afb19596c..6a64197f5bce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -263,27 +263,21 @@ out:
 static void macvtap_del_queues(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct macvtap_queue *q, *tmp, *qlist[MAX_MACVTAP_QUEUES];
-	int i, j = 0;
+	struct macvtap_queue *q, *tmp;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(q, tmp, &vlan->queue_list, next) {
 		list_del_init(&q->next);
-		qlist[j++] = q;
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(q->vlan, NULL);
 		if (q->enabled)
 			vlan->numvtaps--;
 		vlan->numqueues--;
+		sock_put(&q->sk);
 	}
-	for (i = 0; i < vlan->numvtaps; i++)
-		RCU_INIT_POINTER(vlan->taps[i], NULL);
 	BUG_ON(vlan->numvtaps);
 	BUG_ON(vlan->numqueues);
 	/* guarantee that any future macvtap_set_queue will fail */
 	vlan->numvtaps = MAX_MACVTAP_QUEUES;
-
-	for (--j; j >= 0; j--)
-		sock_put(&qlist[j]->sk);
 }
 
 static rx_handler_result_t macvtap_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
diff --git a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
index 6f6929ea8a0c..a4ccc3122f93 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct macvtap_queue;
  * Maximum times a macvtap device can be opened. This can be used to
  * configure the number of receive queue, e.g. for multiqueue virtio.
  */
-#define MAX_MACVTAP_QUEUES	16
+#define MAX_MACVTAP_QUEUES	256
 
 #define MACVLAN_MC_FILTER_BITS	8
 #define MACVLAN_MC_FILTER_SZ	(1 << MACVLAN_MC_FILTER_BITS)