diff --git a/sys/dev/dpaa2/dpaa2_ni.h b/sys/dev/dpaa2/dpaa2_ni.h
--- a/sys/dev/dpaa2/dpaa2_ni.h
+++ b/sys/dev/dpaa2/dpaa2_ni.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 #define DPAA2_NI_MAX_RESOURCES	34
 
 #define DPAA2_NI_MSI_COUNT	1  /* MSIs per DPNI */
-#define DPAA2_NI_MAX_CHANNELS	16 /* to distribute ingress traffic to cores */
+#define DPAA2_NI_MAX_CHANNELS	1  /* to distribute ingress traffic to cores */
 #define DPAA2_NI_MAX_TCS	8  /* traffic classes per DPNI */
 #define DPAA2_NI_MAX_POOLS	8  /* buffer pools per DPNI */
 
diff --git a/sys/dev/dpaa2/dpaa2_ni.c b/sys/dev/dpaa2/dpaa2_ni.c
--- a/sys/dev/dpaa2/dpaa2_ni.c
+++ b/sys/dev/dpaa2/dpaa2_ni.c
@@ -1248,13 +1248,13 @@
 		    sc->attr.num.rx_tcs));
 
 		/* One queue per Rx traffic class within a channel. */
-		for (int i = 0; i < sc->attr.num.rx_tcs; i++) {
+		for (int i = 0; i < DPAA2_NI_MAX_TCS; i++) {
 			fq = &chan->rx_queues[i];
 
 			fq->consume = dpaa2_ni_rx;
 			fq->chan = chan;
-			fq->flowid = chan->flowid;
-			fq->tc = (uint8_t) i;
+			fq->flowid = i;
+			fq->tc = 0u;
 			fq->type = queue_type;
 
 			chan->rxq_n++;