diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_lib.c
index 32e3eaaa160a..0834e1ea44bc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_lib.c
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ static void ixgbe_set_num_queues(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 static void ixgbe_acquire_msix_vectors(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 				       int vectors)
 {
-	int err, vector_threshold;
+	int vector_threshold;
 
 	/* We'll want at least 2 (vector_threshold):
 	 * 1) TxQ[0] + RxQ[0] handler
@@ -712,18 +712,10 @@ static void ixgbe_acquire_msix_vectors(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 	 * Right now, we simply care about how many we'll get; we'll
 	 * set them up later while requesting irq's.
 	 */
-	while (vectors >= vector_threshold) {
-		err = pci_enable_msix(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries,
-				      vectors);
-		if (!err) /* Success in acquiring all requested vectors. */
-			break;
-		else if (err < 0)
-			vectors = 0; /* Nasty failure, quit now */
-		else /* err == number of vectors we should try again with */
-			vectors = err;
-	}
+	vectors = pci_enable_msix_range(adapter->pdev, adapter->msix_entries,
+					vector_threshold, vectors);
 
-	if (vectors < vector_threshold) {
+	if (vectors < 0) {
 		/* Can't allocate enough MSI-X interrupts?  Oh well.
 		 * This just means we'll go with either a single MSI
 		 * vector or fall back to legacy interrupts.