diff --git a/hw/net/virtio-net.c b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
index beadea5bf8..ebee5db1bc 100644
--- a/hw/net/virtio-net.c
+++ b/hw/net/virtio-net.c
@@ -1846,7 +1846,8 @@ static ssize_t virtio_net_receive_rcu(NetClientState *nc, const uint8_t *buf,
     if (!no_rss && n->rss_data.enabled && n->rss_data.enabled_software_rss) {
         int index = virtio_net_process_rss(nc, buf, size);
         if (index >= 0) {
-            NetClientState *nc2 = qemu_get_subqueue(n->nic, index);
+            NetClientState *nc2 =
+                qemu_get_subqueue(n->nic, index % n->curr_queue_pairs);
             return virtio_net_receive_rcu(nc2, buf, size, true);
         }
     }