diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 3ef67dc094fc..057c77be96e4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -1528,39 +1528,39 @@ static int i40e_vc_get_vf_resources_msg(struct i40e_vf *vf, u8 *msg)
 				  VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_REG |
 				  VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN;
 
-	vfres->vf_offload_flags = VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_L2;
+	vfres->vf_cap_flags = VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_L2;
 	vsi = pf->vsi[vf->lan_vsi_idx];
 	if (!vsi->info.pvid)
-		vfres->vf_offload_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN;
+		vfres->vf_cap_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN;
 
 	if (i40e_vf_client_capable(pf, vf->vf_id) &&
 	    (vf->driver_caps & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_IWARP)) {
-		vfres->vf_offload_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_IWARP;
+		vfres->vf_cap_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_IWARP;
 		set_bit(I40E_VF_STATE_IWARPENA, &vf->vf_states);
 	}
 
 	if (vf->driver_caps & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PF) {
-		vfres->vf_offload_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PF;
+		vfres->vf_cap_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PF;
 	} else {
 		if ((pf->hw_features & I40E_HW_RSS_AQ_CAPABLE) &&
 		    (vf->driver_caps & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_AQ))
-			vfres->vf_offload_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_AQ;
+			vfres->vf_cap_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_AQ;
 		else
-			vfres->vf_offload_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_REG;
+			vfres->vf_cap_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_REG;
 	}
 
 	if (pf->hw_features & I40E_HW_MULTIPLE_TCP_UDP_RSS_PCTYPE) {
 		if (vf->driver_caps & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PCTYPE_V2)
-			vfres->vf_offload_flags |=
+			vfres->vf_cap_flags |=
 				VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PCTYPE_V2;
 	}
 
 	if (vf->driver_caps & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ENCAP)
-		vfres->vf_offload_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ENCAP;
+		vfres->vf_cap_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ENCAP;
 
 	if ((pf->hw_features & I40E_HW_OUTER_UDP_CSUM_CAPABLE) &&
 	    (vf->driver_caps & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ENCAP_CSUM))
-		vfres->vf_offload_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ENCAP_CSUM;
+		vfres->vf_cap_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ENCAP_CSUM;
 
 	if (vf->driver_caps & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RX_POLLING) {
 		if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_MFP_ENABLED) {
@@ -1570,12 +1570,12 @@ static int i40e_vc_get_vf_resources_msg(struct i40e_vf *vf, u8 *msg)
 			aq_ret = I40E_ERR_PARAM;
 			goto err;
 		}
-		vfres->vf_offload_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RX_POLLING;
+		vfres->vf_cap_flags |= VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RX_POLLING;
 	}
 
 	if (pf->hw_features & I40E_HW_WB_ON_ITR_CAPABLE) {
 		if (vf->driver_caps & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_WB_ON_ITR)
-			vfres->vf_offload_flags |=
+			vfres->vf_cap_flags |=
 					VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_WB_ON_ITR;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
index 1dd1938f594f..d69c2e44cd1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ void i40e_vf_parse_hw_config(struct i40e_hw *hw,
 	hw->dev_caps.num_rx_qp = msg->num_queue_pairs;
 	hw->dev_caps.num_tx_qp = msg->num_queue_pairs;
 	hw->dev_caps.num_msix_vectors_vf = msg->max_vectors;
-	hw->dev_caps.dcb = msg->vf_offload_flags &
+	hw->dev_caps.dcb = msg->vf_cap_flags &
 			   VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_L2;
 	hw->dev_caps.fcoe = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < msg->num_vsis; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
index 7f905368fc93..d310544c6c6e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf.h
@@ -277,19 +277,19 @@ struct i40evf_adapter {
 	enum virtchnl_link_speed link_speed;
 	enum virtchnl_ops current_op;
 #define CLIENT_ALLOWED(_a) ((_a)->vf_res ? \
-			    (_a)->vf_res->vf_offload_flags & \
+			    (_a)->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & \
 				VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_IWARP : \
 			    0)
 #define CLIENT_ENABLED(_a) ((_a)->cinst)
 /* RSS by the PF should be preferred over RSS via other methods. */
-#define RSS_PF(_a) ((_a)->vf_res->vf_offload_flags & \
+#define RSS_PF(_a) ((_a)->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & \
 		    VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PF)
-#define RSS_AQ(_a) ((_a)->vf_res->vf_offload_flags & \
+#define RSS_AQ(_a) ((_a)->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & \
 		    VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_AQ)
-#define RSS_REG(_a) (!((_a)->vf_res->vf_offload_flags & \
+#define RSS_REG(_a) (!((_a)->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & \
 		       (VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_AQ | \
 			VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PF)))
-#define VLAN_ALLOWED(_a) ((_a)->vf_res->vf_offload_flags & \
+#define VLAN_ALLOWED(_a) ((_a)->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & \
 			  VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN)
 	struct virtchnl_vf_resource *vf_res; /* incl. all VSIs */
 	struct virtchnl_vsi_resource *vsi_res; /* our LAN VSI */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index 8603911cc550..4a36c2ee3837 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ static int i40evf_init_rss(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 
 	if (!RSS_PF(adapter)) {
 		/* Enable PCTYPES for RSS, TCP/UDP with IPv4/IPv6 */
-		if (adapter->vf_res->vf_offload_flags &
+		if (adapter->vf_res->vf_cap_flags &
 		    VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PCTYPE_V2)
 			adapter->hena = I40E_DEFAULT_RSS_HENA_EXPANDED;
 		else
@@ -2371,7 +2371,7 @@ static netdev_features_t i40evf_fix_features(struct net_device *netdev,
 	struct i40evf_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
 	features &= ~I40EVF_VLAN_FEATURES;
-	if (adapter->vf_res->vf_offload_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN)
+	if (adapter->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN)
 		features |= I40EVF_VLAN_FEATURES;
 	return features;
 }
@@ -2458,7 +2458,7 @@ int i40evf_process_config(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 	/* advertise to stack only if offloads for encapsulated packets is
 	 * supported
 	 */
-	if (vfres->vf_offload_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ENCAP) {
+	if (vfres->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ENCAP) {
 		hw_enc_features |= NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL	|
 				   NETIF_F_GSO_GRE		|
 				   NETIF_F_GSO_GRE_CSUM		|
@@ -2468,7 +2468,7 @@ int i40evf_process_config(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 				   NETIF_F_GSO_PARTIAL		|
 				   0;
 
-		if (!(vfres->vf_offload_flags &
+		if (!(vfres->vf_cap_flags &
 		      VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_ENCAP_CSUM))
 			netdev->gso_partial_features |=
 				NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM;
@@ -2496,7 +2496,7 @@ int i40evf_process_config(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter)
 	adapter->vsi.work_limit = I40E_DEFAULT_IRQ_WORK;
 	vsi->netdev = adapter->netdev;
 	vsi->qs_handle = adapter->vsi_res->qset_handle;
-	if (vfres->vf_offload_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PF) {
+	if (vfres->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_RSS_PF) {
 		adapter->rss_key_size = vfres->rss_key_size;
 		adapter->rss_lut_size = vfres->rss_lut_size;
 	} else {
@@ -2664,7 +2664,7 @@ static void i40evf_init_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_sw_init;
 	i40evf_map_rings_to_vectors(adapter);
-	if (adapter->vf_res->vf_offload_flags &
+	if (adapter->vf_res->vf_cap_flags &
 	    VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_WB_ON_ITR)
 		adapter->flags |= I40EVF_FLAG_WB_ON_ITR_CAPABLE;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h b/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
index c893b9520a67..becfca2ae94e 100644
--- a/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
+++ b/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ struct virtchnl_vsi_resource {
 
 VIRTCHNL_CHECK_STRUCT_LEN(16, virtchnl_vsi_resource);
 
-/* VF offload flags
+/* VF capability flags
  * VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_L2 flag is inclusive of base mode L2 offloads including
  * TX/RX Checksum offloading and TSO for non-tunnelled packets.
  */
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ struct virtchnl_vf_resource {
 	u16 max_vectors;
 	u16 max_mtu;
 
-	u32 vf_offload_flags;
+	u32 vf_cap_flags;
 	u32 rss_key_size;
 	u32 rss_lut_size;