diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
index d266c86a53f71245a3d344c2169696949f9afcb0..5b622993ff17049e07df51760399799705e96ea0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static inline char *nic_name(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 #define MAX_RX_POST		BE_NAPI_WEIGHT /* Frags posted at a time */
 #define RX_FRAGS_REFILL_WM	(RX_Q_LEN - MAX_RX_POST)
 
+#define MAX_VFS			30 /* Max VFs supported by BE3 FW */
 #define FW_VER_LEN		32
 
 struct be_dma_mem {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index d86d25cc33cf6554a3ccc420141a03e35adb5eb2..def2f668896491dd8df669cd9cda3658c406d0c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -2723,6 +2723,8 @@ static int be_get_config(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	if (pos) {
 		pci_read_config_word(adapter->pdev, pos + PCI_SRIOV_TOTAL_VF,
 				     &dev_num_vfs);
+		if (!lancer_chip(adapter))
+			dev_num_vfs = min_t(u16, dev_num_vfs, MAX_VFS);
 		adapter->dev_num_vfs = dev_num_vfs;
 	}
 	return 0;