diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 597f2092b59738cdf49f34a90cbd026fadf9d07e..5dcd19869a419ddb355bc6d65db69fe2ae59db64 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -2037,7 +2037,11 @@ int i40e_vc_process_vflr_event(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 	if (!test_bit(__I40E_VFLR_EVENT_PENDING, &pf->state))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* re-enable vflr interrupt cause */
+	/* Re-enable the VFLR interrupt cause here, before looking for which
+	 * VF got reset. Otherwise, if another VF gets a reset while the
+	 * first one is being processed, that interrupt will be lost, and
+	 * that VF will be stuck in reset forever.
+	 */
 	reg = rd32(hw, I40E_PFINT_ICR0_ENA);
 	reg |= I40E_PFINT_ICR0_ENA_VFLR_MASK;
 	wr32(hw, I40E_PFINT_ICR0_ENA, reg);