diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index b35413d25860..2b65cdcad6ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ enum i40e_state_t {
 	__I40E_FD_FLUSH_REQUESTED,
 	__I40E_RESET_FAILED,
 	__I40E_PORT_TX_SUSPENDED,
+	__I40E_VF_DISABLE,
 };
 
 enum i40e_interrupt_policy {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 4e4232a58843..40f042af4131 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -647,6 +647,9 @@ void i40e_reset_vf(struct i40e_vf *vf, bool flr)
 	int i;
 	u32 reg;
 
+	if (test_and_set_bit(__I40E_VF_DISABLE, &pf->state))
+		return;
+
 	/* warn the VF */
 	clear_bit(I40E_VF_STAT_ACTIVE, &vf->vf_states);
 
@@ -706,6 +709,7 @@ complete_reset:
 	/* tell the VF the reset is done */
 	wr32(hw, I40E_VFGEN_RSTAT1(vf->vf_id), I40E_VFR_VFACTIVE);
 	i40e_flush(hw);
+	clear_bit(__I40E_VF_DISABLE, &pf->state);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -790,6 +794,8 @@ void i40e_free_vfs(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 
 	if (!pf->vf)
 		return;
+	while (test_and_set_bit(__I40E_VF_DISABLE, &pf->state))
+		usleep_range(1000, 2000);
 
 	/* Disable IOV before freeing resources. This lets any VF drivers
 	 * running in the host get themselves cleaned up before we yank
@@ -800,9 +806,6 @@ void i40e_free_vfs(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 
 	msleep(20); /* let any messages in transit get finished up */
 
-	/* Disable interrupt 0 so we don't try to handle the VFLR. */
-	i40e_irq_dynamic_disable_icr0(pf);
-
 	/* free up vf resources */
 	tmp = pf->num_alloc_vfs;
 	pf->num_alloc_vfs = 0;
@@ -834,9 +837,7 @@ void i40e_free_vfs(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 		dev_warn(&pf->pdev->dev,
 			 "unable to disable SR-IOV because VFs are assigned.\n");
 	}
-
-	/* Re-enable interrupt 0. */
-	i40e_irq_dynamic_enable_icr0(pf);
+	clear_bit(__I40E_VF_DISABLE, &pf->state);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV