diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
index 4547bc1f7cee7e8d70dac936e1296f0a5e603c89..24188ec594d5aaa568ff9e9a6655cbfd9b0b0e35 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
@@ -2948,7 +2948,8 @@ ice_vc_validate_add_vlan_filter_list(struct ice_vsi *vsi,
 				     struct virtchnl_vlan_filtering_caps *vfc,
 				     struct virtchnl_vlan_filter_list_v2 *vfl)
 {
-	u16 num_requested_filters = vsi->num_vlan + vfl->num_elements;
+	u16 num_requested_filters = ice_vsi_num_non_zero_vlans(vsi) +
+		vfl->num_elements;
 
 	if (num_requested_filters > vfc->max_filters)
 		return false;