diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 97394345e5dd..b76f7dcde0db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -2589,8 +2589,8 @@ vmxnet3_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_tx_queues; i++)
 		spin_lock_init(&adapter->tx_queue[i].tx_lock);
 
-	err = vmxnet3_create_queues(adapter, VMXNET3_DEF_TX_RING_SIZE,
-				    VMXNET3_DEF_RX_RING_SIZE,
+	err = vmxnet3_create_queues(adapter, adapter->tx_ring_size,
+				    adapter->rx_ring_size,
 				    VMXNET3_DEF_RX_RING_SIZE);
 	if (err)
 		goto queue_err;
@@ -2968,6 +2968,9 @@ vmxnet3_probe_device(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	adapter->netdev = netdev;
 	adapter->pdev = pdev;
 
+	adapter->tx_ring_size = VMXNET3_DEF_TX_RING_SIZE;
+	adapter->rx_ring_size = VMXNET3_DEF_RX_RING_SIZE;
+
 	spin_lock_init(&adapter->cmd_lock);
 	adapter->adapter_pa = dma_map_single(&adapter->pdev->dev, adapter,
 					     sizeof(struct vmxnet3_adapter),
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
index 40c1c7b0d9e0..b725fd9e7803 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethtool.c
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ vmxnet3_get_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 	param->rx_mini_max_pending = 0;
 	param->rx_jumbo_max_pending = 0;
 
-	param->rx_pending = adapter->rx_queue[0].rx_ring[0].size;
-	param->tx_pending = adapter->tx_queue[0].tx_ring.size;
+	param->rx_pending = adapter->rx_ring_size;
+	param->tx_pending = adapter->tx_ring_size;
 	param->rx_mini_pending = 0;
 	param->rx_jumbo_pending = 0;
 }
@@ -529,9 +529,11 @@ vmxnet3_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 			 * size */
 			netdev_err(netdev, "failed to apply new sizes, "
 				   "try the default ones\n");
+			new_rx_ring_size = VMXNET3_DEF_RX_RING_SIZE;
+			new_tx_ring_size = VMXNET3_DEF_TX_RING_SIZE;
 			err = vmxnet3_create_queues(adapter,
-						    VMXNET3_DEF_TX_RING_SIZE,
-						    VMXNET3_DEF_RX_RING_SIZE,
+						    new_tx_ring_size,
+						    new_rx_ring_size,
 						    VMXNET3_DEF_RX_RING_SIZE);
 			if (err) {
 				netdev_err(netdev, "failed to create queues "
@@ -545,6 +547,8 @@ vmxnet3_set_ringparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 			netdev_err(netdev, "failed to re-activate, error %d."
 				   " Closing it\n", err);
 	}
+	adapter->tx_ring_size = new_tx_ring_size;
+	adapter->rx_ring_size = new_rx_ring_size;
 
 out:
 	clear_bit(VMXNET3_STATE_BIT_RESETTING, &adapter->state);
diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h
index 190569d02450..29ee77f2c97f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_int.h
@@ -349,6 +349,11 @@ struct vmxnet3_adapter {
 	u32     link_speed; /* in mbps */
 
 	u64     tx_timeout_count;
+
+	/* Ring sizes */
+	u32 tx_ring_size;
+	u32 rx_ring_size;
+
 	struct work_struct work;
 
 	unsigned long  state;    /* VMXNET3_STATE_BIT_xxx */