diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
index 398ca8d70ccd..dd44d6ce1097 100644
--- a/include/net/dsa.h
+++ b/include/net/dsa.h
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ struct dsa_switch {
 	/* devlink used to represent this switch device */
 	struct devlink		*devlink;
 
+	/* Number of switch port queues */
+	unsigned int		num_tx_queues;
+
 	/* Dynamically allocated ports, keep last */
 	size_t num_ports;
 	struct dsa_port ports[];
diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
index 78e78a6e6833..2afa99506f8b 100644
--- a/net/dsa/slave.c
+++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
@@ -1259,8 +1259,12 @@ int dsa_slave_create(struct dsa_port *port, const char *name)
 	cpu_dp = ds->dst->cpu_dp;
 	master = cpu_dp->netdev;
 
-	slave_dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct dsa_slave_priv), name,
-				 NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, ether_setup);
+	if (!ds->num_tx_queues)
+		ds->num_tx_queues = 1;
+
+	slave_dev = alloc_netdev_mqs(sizeof(struct dsa_slave_priv), name,
+				     NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, ether_setup,
+				     ds->num_tx_queues, 1);
 	if (slave_dev == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;