diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_cq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_cq.c
index 636963db598a..4b2130760eed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_cq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_cq.c
@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ int mlx4_en_activate_cq(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv, struct mlx4_en_cq *cq,
 		netif_napi_add(cq->dev, &cq->napi, mlx4_en_poll_tx_cq,
 			       NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT);
 	} else {
+		struct mlx4_en_rx_ring *ring = priv->rx_ring[cq->ring];
+
+		err = irq_set_affinity_hint(cq->mcq.irq,
+					    ring->affinity_mask);
+		if (err)
+			mlx4_warn(mdev, "Failed setting affinity hint\n");
+
 		netif_napi_add(cq->dev, &cq->napi, mlx4_en_poll_rx_cq, 64);
 		napi_hash_add(&cq->napi);
 	}
@@ -179,8 +186,11 @@ void mlx4_en_destroy_cq(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv, struct mlx4_en_cq **pcq)
 
 	mlx4_en_unmap_buffer(&cq->wqres.buf);
 	mlx4_free_hwq_res(mdev->dev, &cq->wqres, cq->buf_size);
-	if (priv->mdev->dev->caps.comp_pool && cq->vector)
+	if (priv->mdev->dev->caps.comp_pool && cq->vector) {
+		if (!cq->is_tx)
+			irq_set_affinity_hint(cq->mcq.irq, NULL);
 		mlx4_release_eq(priv->mdev->dev, cq->vector);
+	}
 	cq->vector = 0;
 	cq->buf_size = 0;
 	cq->buf = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 58209bd0c94c..7d4fb7bf2593 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -1526,6 +1526,27 @@ static void mlx4_en_linkstate(struct work_struct *work)
 	mutex_unlock(&mdev->state_lock);
 }
 
+static int mlx4_en_init_affinity_hint(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv, int ring_idx)
+{
+	struct mlx4_en_rx_ring *ring = priv->rx_ring[ring_idx];
+	int numa_node = priv->mdev->dev->numa_node;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&ring->affinity_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = cpumask_set_cpu_local_first(ring_idx, numa_node,
+					  ring->affinity_mask);
+	if (ret)
+		free_cpumask_var(ring->affinity_mask);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void mlx4_en_free_affinity_hint(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv, int ring_idx)
+{
+	free_cpumask_var(priv->rx_ring[ring_idx]->affinity_mask);
+}
 
 int mlx4_en_start_port(struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -1567,9 +1588,16 @@ int mlx4_en_start_port(struct net_device *dev)
 
 		mlx4_en_cq_init_lock(cq);
 
+		err = mlx4_en_init_affinity_hint(priv, i);
+		if (err) {
+			en_err(priv, "Failed preparing IRQ affinity hint\n");
+			goto cq_err;
+		}
+
 		err = mlx4_en_activate_cq(priv, cq, i);
 		if (err) {
 			en_err(priv, "Failed activating Rx CQ\n");
+			mlx4_en_free_affinity_hint(priv, i);
 			goto cq_err;
 		}
 		for (j = 0; j < cq->size; j++)
@@ -1578,6 +1606,7 @@ int mlx4_en_start_port(struct net_device *dev)
 		if (err) {
 			en_err(priv, "Failed setting cq moderation parameters\n");
 			mlx4_en_deactivate_cq(priv, cq);
+			mlx4_en_free_affinity_hint(priv, i);
 			goto cq_err;
 		}
 		mlx4_en_arm_cq(priv, cq);
@@ -1715,8 +1744,10 @@ int mlx4_en_start_port(struct net_device *dev)
 mac_err:
 	mlx4_en_put_qp(priv);
 cq_err:
-	while (rx_index--)
+	while (rx_index--) {
 		mlx4_en_deactivate_cq(priv, priv->rx_cq[rx_index]);
+		mlx4_en_free_affinity_hint(priv, i);
+	}
 	for (i = 0; i < priv->rx_ring_num; i++)
 		mlx4_en_deactivate_rx_ring(priv, priv->rx_ring[i]);
 
@@ -1847,6 +1878,8 @@ void mlx4_en_stop_port(struct net_device *dev, int detach)
 			msleep(1);
 		mlx4_en_deactivate_rx_ring(priv, priv->rx_ring[i]);
 		mlx4_en_deactivate_cq(priv, cq);
+
+		mlx4_en_free_affinity_hint(priv, i);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
index b5db1bf361dc..0e15295bedd6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ struct mlx4_en_rx_ring {
 	unsigned long csum_ok;
 	unsigned long csum_none;
 	int hwtstamp_rx_filter;
+	cpumask_var_t affinity_mask;
 };
 
 struct mlx4_en_cq {