diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
index 1bc75358cbc471856ebd1626a8d6432653b4934e..ad3cae3b7243b54f5b2a74413d7464eda32d67ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_ethtool.c
@@ -230,7 +230,10 @@ static int qede_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int stringset)
 	case ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS:
 		return QEDE_PRI_FLAG_LEN;
 	case ETH_SS_TEST:
-		return QEDE_ETHTOOL_TEST_MAX;
+		if (!IS_VF(edev))
+			return QEDE_ETHTOOL_TEST_MAX;
+		else
+			return 0;
 	default:
 		DP_VERBOSE(edev, QED_MSG_DEBUG,
 			   "Unsupported stringset 0x%08x\n", stringset);