diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 10332c24f961..44ef1d66caa6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -392,6 +392,8 @@ static int init_vq(struct virtio_blk *vblk)
 	if (err)
 		num_vqs = 1;
 
+	num_vqs = min_t(unsigned int, nr_cpu_ids, num_vqs);
+
 	vblk->vqs = kmalloc_array(num_vqs, sizeof(*vblk->vqs), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vblk->vqs)
 		return -ENOMEM;