diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
index 154ba49c2c6f11cac9841468b532185786375a46..26d7e9fe6220fb1a073b1c6d302273551fd1de9c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_nvm.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ static i40e_status i40e_read_nvm_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, u8 module_pointer,
 	struct i40e_asq_cmd_details cmd_details;
 
 	memset(&cmd_details, 0, sizeof(cmd_details));
+	cmd_details.wb_desc = &hw->nvm_wb_desc;
 
 	/* Here we are checking the SR limit only for the flat memory model.
 	 * We cannot do it for the module-based model, as we did not acquire