diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c
index d1c0ccee879b..c6c96d3ee9cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c
@@ -1188,16 +1188,16 @@ ice_sched_get_vsi_node(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_sched_node *tc_node,
 /**
  * ice_sched_calc_vsi_child_nodes - calculate number of VSI child nodes
  * @hw: pointer to the HW struct
- * @num_qs: number of queues
+ * @num_new_qs: number of new queues that will be added to the tree
  * @num_nodes: num nodes array
  *
  * This function calculates the number of VSI child nodes based on the
  * number of queues.
  */
 static void
-ice_sched_calc_vsi_child_nodes(struct ice_hw *hw, u16 num_qs, u16 *num_nodes)
+ice_sched_calc_vsi_child_nodes(struct ice_hw *hw, u16 num_new_qs, u16 *num_nodes)
 {
-	u16 num = num_qs;
+	u16 num = num_new_qs;
 	u8 i, qgl, vsil;
 
 	qgl = ice_sched_get_qgrp_layer(hw);
@@ -1438,8 +1438,9 @@ ice_sched_update_vsi_child_nodes(struct ice_port_info *pi, u16 vsi_handle,
 	if (status)
 		return status;
 
-	if (new_numqs)
-		ice_sched_calc_vsi_child_nodes(hw, new_numqs, new_num_nodes);
+	ice_sched_calc_vsi_child_nodes(hw, new_numqs - prev_numqs,
+				       new_num_nodes);
+
 	/* Keep the max number of queue configuration all the time. Update the
 	 * tree only if number of queues > previous number of queues. This may
 	 * leave some extra nodes in the tree if number of queues < previous