diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 8e7c1b83da19c821cf7dd186a8f6239ac4ab06f5..94295a06c12482b4c1721c34cff63609c7140ee3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -2436,6 +2436,11 @@ static int igb_enable_sriov(struct pci_dev *pdev, int num_vfs)
 	int err = 0;
 	int i;
 
+	if (!adapter->msix_entries) {
+		err = -EPERM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	if (!num_vfs)
 		goto out;
 	else if (old_vfs && old_vfs == num_vfs)