diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
index a8a10f84f45d..e665596a4d83 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw.c
@@ -133,7 +133,14 @@ static int iwl_configure_rxq(struct iwl_mvm *mvm)
 		.dataflags[0] = IWL_HCMD_DFL_NOCOPY,
 	};
 
-	/* Do not configure default queue, it is configured via context info */
+	/*
+	 * The default queue is configured via context info, so if we
+	 * have a single queue, there's nothing to do here.
+	 */
+	if (mvm->trans->num_rx_queues == 1)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* skip the default queue */
 	num_queues = mvm->trans->num_rx_queues - 1;
 
 	size = struct_size(cmd, data, num_queues);