diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 168342ac35c552d8640e04bb35477746b4381c71..cd3ab788936f40d4147765870ef2f300908cfd4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -6462,6 +6462,9 @@ static int bnxt_update_link(struct bnxt *bp, bool chng_link_state)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&bp->hwrm_cmd_lock);
 
+	if (!BNXT_SINGLE_PF(bp))
+		return 0;
+
 	diff = link_info->support_auto_speeds ^ link_info->advertising;
 	if ((link_info->support_auto_speeds | diff) !=
 	    link_info->support_auto_speeds) {