diff --git a/src/initscripts/system/suricata b/src/initscripts/system/suricata
index e755dfaff..ae434df65 100644
--- a/src/initscripts/system/suricata
+++ b/src/initscripts/system/suricata
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		# Numer of NFQUES.
 		NFQUEUES=
 
-		for i in $(seq 0 $cpu_count); do
+		for i in $(seq 0 $((cpu_count-1)) ); do
 			NFQUEUES+="-q $i "
 		done