diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index 4a648840e5d4..8bb0f4b79575 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -762,6 +762,7 @@ bool i40e_set_ntuple(struct i40e_pf *pf, netdev_features_t features);
 void i40e_set_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *netdev);
 struct i40e_mac_filter *i40e_add_filter(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
 					const u8 *macaddr, s16 vlan);
+void __i40e_del_filter(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, struct i40e_mac_filter *f);
 void i40e_del_filter(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, const u8 *macaddr, s16 vlan);
 int i40e_sync_vsi_filters(struct i40e_vsi *vsi);
 struct i40e_vsi *i40e_vsi_setup(struct i40e_pf *pf, u8 type,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index da9f8d38d6b9..cabd72854274 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ struct i40e_mac_filter *i40e_add_filter(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
  * the "safe" variants of any list iterators, e.g. list_for_each_entry_safe()
  * instead of list_for_each_entry().
  **/
-static void __i40e_del_filter(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, struct i40e_mac_filter *f)
+void __i40e_del_filter(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, struct i40e_mac_filter *f)
 {
 	if (!f)
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 1859911acf37..49941dd691d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -2725,7 +2725,7 @@ int i40e_ndo_set_vf_mac(struct net_device *netdev, int vf_id, u8 *mac)
 	 * anyway.
 	 */
 	hash_for_each(vsi->mac_filter_hash, bkt, f, hlist)
-		i40e_del_filter(vsi, f->macaddr, f->vlan);
+		__i40e_del_filter(vsi, f);
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock);