diff --git a/hw/virtio.c b/hw/virtio.c
index cecd0dc..88f4e78 100644
--- a/hw/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio.c
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ struct VirtQueue
     void (*handle_output)(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq);
 };
 
-#define VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_MAX        16
-
 /* virt queue functions */
 static void virtqueue_init(VirtQueue *vq)
 {
diff --git a/hw/virtio.h b/hw/virtio.h
index 35532a6..769f540 100644
--- a/hw/virtio.h
+++ b/hw/virtio.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ typedef struct {
     unsigned (*get_features)(void * opaque);
 } VirtIOBindings;
 
-#define VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_MAX 16
+#define VIRTIO_PCI_QUEUE_MAX 32
 
 #define VIRTIO_NO_VECTOR 0xffff