diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index e2311affdfe20b2aa6742c5fbf68e77d6a9c2c47..21ccbe8b6d13f08abb9fe743613e8d8cdd063bcc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -1336,8 +1336,13 @@ static void i40evf_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	/* Process admin queue tasks. After init, everything gets done
 	 * here so we don't race on the admin queue.
 	 */
-	if (adapter->aq_pending)
+	if (adapter->aq_pending) {
+		if (!i40evf_asq_done(hw)) {
+			dev_dbg(&adapter->pdev->dev, "Admin queue timeout\n");
+			i40evf_send_api_ver(adapter);
+		}
 		goto watchdog_done;
+	}
 
 	if (adapter->aq_required & I40EVF_FLAG_AQ_MAP_VECTORS) {
 		i40evf_map_queues(adapter);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_virtchnl.c
index 3aeb633e6bc253ad359f06040361b2aae3b6ef71..3f0c85ecbca68c997aeec7bd53f66bc7c1736d95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_virtchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_virtchnl.c
@@ -720,6 +720,9 @@ void i40evf_virtchnl_completion(struct i40evf_adapter *adapter,
 			__func__, v_retval, v_opcode);
 	}
 	switch (v_opcode) {
+	case I40E_VIRTCHNL_OP_VERSION:
+		/* no action, but also not an error */
+		break;
 	case I40E_VIRTCHNL_OP_GET_STATS: {
 		struct i40e_eth_stats *stats =
 			(struct i40e_eth_stats *)msg;