diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
index ef2440f3abf8b6..166832a4213a28 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
@@ -3502,6 +3502,34 @@ static void iavf_del_all_cloud_filters(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->cloud_filter_list_lock);
 }
 
+/**
+ * iavf_is_tc_config_same - Compare the mqprio TC config with the
+ * TC config already configured on this adapter.
+ * @adapter: board private structure
+ * @mqprio_qopt: TC config received from kernel.
+ *
+ * This function compares the TC config received from the kernel
+ * with the config already configured on the adapter.
+ *
+ * Return: True if configuration is same, false otherwise.
+ **/
+static bool iavf_is_tc_config_same(struct iavf_adapter *adapter,
+				   struct tc_mqprio_qopt *mqprio_qopt)
+{
+	struct virtchnl_channel_info *ch = &adapter->ch_config.ch_info[0];
+	int i;
+
+	if (adapter->num_tc != mqprio_qopt->num_tc)
+		return false;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_tc; i++) {
+		if (ch[i].count != mqprio_qopt->count[i] ||
+		    ch[i].offset != mqprio_qopt->offset[i])
+			return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
 /**
  * __iavf_setup_tc - configure multiple traffic classes
  * @netdev: network interface device structure
@@ -3559,7 +3587,7 @@ static int __iavf_setup_tc(struct net_device *netdev, void *type_data)
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 		/* Return if same TC config is requested */
-		if (adapter->num_tc == num_tc)
+		if (iavf_is_tc_config_same(adapter, &mqprio_qopt->qopt))
 			return 0;
 		adapter->num_tc = num_tc;