diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
index b4fbb99bfad2..078f71733d1d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ static int idpf_cfg_netdev(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 	netdev->hw_features |= dflt_features | offloads;
 	netdev->hw_enc_features |= dflt_features | offloads;
 	idpf_set_ethtool_ops(netdev);
+	netif_set_affinity_auto(netdev);
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &adapter->pdev->dev);
 
 	/* carrier off on init to avoid Tx hangs */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
index 2fa9c36e33c9..f6b5b45a061c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
@@ -3554,8 +3554,6 @@ void idpf_vport_intr_rel(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 		q_vector->tx = NULL;
 		kfree(q_vector->rx);
 		q_vector->rx = NULL;
-
-		free_cpumask_var(q_vector->affinity_mask);
 	}
 
 	kfree(vport->q_vectors);
@@ -3582,8 +3580,6 @@ static void idpf_vport_intr_rel_irq(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 		vidx = vport->q_vector_idxs[vector];
 		irq_num = adapter->msix_entries[vidx].vector;
 
-		/* clear the affinity_mask in the IRQ descriptor */
-		irq_set_affinity_hint(irq_num, NULL);
 		kfree(free_irq(irq_num, q_vector));
 	}
 }
@@ -3771,8 +3767,6 @@ static int idpf_vport_intr_req_irq(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 				   "Request_irq failed, error: %d\n", err);
 			goto free_q_irqs;
 		}
-		/* assign the mask for this irq */
-		irq_set_affinity_hint(irq_num, q_vector->affinity_mask);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -4184,7 +4178,8 @@ static int idpf_vport_intr_init_vec_idx(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 static void idpf_vport_intr_napi_add_all(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 {
 	int (*napi_poll)(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget);
-	u16 v_idx;
+	u16 v_idx, qv_idx;
+	int irq_num;
 
 	if (idpf_is_queue_model_split(vport->txq_model))
 		napi_poll = idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll;
@@ -4193,12 +4188,12 @@ static void idpf_vport_intr_napi_add_all(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 
 	for (v_idx = 0; v_idx < vport->num_q_vectors; v_idx++) {
 		struct idpf_q_vector *q_vector = &vport->q_vectors[v_idx];
+		qv_idx = vport->q_vector_idxs[v_idx];
+		irq_num = vport->adapter->msix_entries[qv_idx].vector;
 
-		netif_napi_add(vport->netdev, &q_vector->napi, napi_poll);
-
-		/* only set affinity_mask if the CPU is online */
-		if (cpu_online(v_idx))
-			cpumask_set_cpu(v_idx, q_vector->affinity_mask);
+		netif_napi_add_config(vport->netdev, &q_vector->napi,
+				      napi_poll, v_idx);
+		netif_napi_set_irq(&q_vector->napi, irq_num);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4242,9 +4237,6 @@ int idpf_vport_intr_alloc(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 		q_vector->rx_intr_mode = IDPF_ITR_DYNAMIC;
 		q_vector->rx_itr_idx = VIRTCHNL2_ITR_IDX_0;
 
-		if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&q_vector->affinity_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
-			goto error;
-
 		q_vector->tx = kcalloc(txqs_per_vector, sizeof(*q_vector->tx),
 				       GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!q_vector->tx)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
index 0f71a6f5557b..13251f63c7c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h
@@ -401,7 +401,6 @@ struct idpf_intr_reg {
  * @rx_intr_mode: Dynamic ITR or not
  * @rx_itr_idx: RX ITR index
  * @v_idx: Vector index
- * @affinity_mask: CPU affinity mask
  */
 struct idpf_q_vector {
 	__cacheline_group_begin_aligned(read_mostly);
@@ -438,13 +437,12 @@ struct idpf_q_vector {
 	__cacheline_group_begin_aligned(cold);
 	u16 v_idx;
 
-	cpumask_var_t affinity_mask;
 	__cacheline_group_end_aligned(cold);
 };
 libeth_cacheline_set_assert(struct idpf_q_vector, 120,
 			    24 + sizeof(struct napi_struct) +
 			    2 * sizeof(struct dim),
-			    8 + sizeof(cpumask_var_t));
+			    8);
 
 struct idpf_rx_queue_stats {
 	u64_stats_t packets;
@@ -940,7 +938,7 @@ static inline int idpf_q_vector_to_mem(const struct idpf_q_vector *q_vector)
 	if (!q_vector)
 		return NUMA_NO_NODE;
 
-	cpu = cpumask_first(q_vector->affinity_mask);
+	cpu = cpumask_first(&q_vector->napi.config->affinity_mask);
 
 	return cpu < nr_cpu_ids ? cpu_to_mem(cpu) : NUMA_NO_NODE;
 }
