diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 2f1f5e36385771861a357303c9db75042f97e24c..69e184b3f72fb9b5c3460c9099d6a9131d555778 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -811,6 +811,7 @@ static void i40e_free_vf_res(struct i40e_vf *vf)
 		i40e_vsi_release(pf->vsi[vf->lan_vsi_idx]);
 		vf->lan_vsi_idx = 0;
 		vf->lan_vsi_id = 0;
+		vf->num_mac = 0;
 	}
 	msix_vf = pf->hw.func_caps.num_msix_vectors_vf;