diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
index ff2eac2f8c64423eafff3dff46e9e8ce7e37366e..b41a45c03d225353854cb9dae6a3935f14ac0b40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
@@ -4656,6 +4656,8 @@ ice_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id __always_unused *ent)
 		ice_set_safe_mode_caps(hw);
 	}
 
+	hw->ucast_shared = true;
+
 	err = ice_init_pf(pf);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "ice_init_pf failed: %d\n", err);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c
index bb1721f1321db85a0ced65ed5d9e0770c4138dfe..f4907a3c2d193c6fd9b83fc0b19828aca651bc8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sriov.c
@@ -1309,39 +1309,6 @@ ice_get_vf_cfg(struct net_device *netdev, int vf_id, struct ifla_vf_info *ivi)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/**
- * ice_unicast_mac_exists - check if the unicast MAC exists on the PF's switch
- * @pf: PF used to reference the switch's rules
- * @umac: unicast MAC to compare against existing switch rules
- *
- * Return true on the first/any match, else return false
- */
-static bool ice_unicast_mac_exists(struct ice_pf *pf, u8 *umac)
-{
-	struct ice_sw_recipe *mac_recipe_list =
-		&pf->hw.switch_info->recp_list[ICE_SW_LKUP_MAC];
-	struct ice_fltr_mgmt_list_entry *list_itr;
-	struct list_head *rule_head;
-	struct mutex *rule_lock; /* protect MAC filter list access */
-
-	rule_head = &mac_recipe_list->filt_rules;
-	rule_lock = &mac_recipe_list->filt_rule_lock;
-
-	mutex_lock(rule_lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(list_itr, rule_head, list_entry) {
-		u8 *existing_mac = &list_itr->fltr_info.l_data.mac.mac_addr[0];
-
-		if (ether_addr_equal(existing_mac, umac)) {
-			mutex_unlock(rule_lock);
-			return true;
-		}
-	}
-
-	mutex_unlock(rule_lock);
-
-	return false;
-}
-
 /**
  * ice_set_vf_mac
  * @netdev: network interface device structure
@@ -1376,13 +1343,6 @@ int ice_set_vf_mac(struct net_device *netdev, int vf_id, u8 *mac)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_put_vf;
 
-	if (ice_unicast_mac_exists(pf, mac)) {
-		netdev_err(netdev, "Unicast MAC %pM already exists on this PF. Preventing setting VF %u unicast MAC address to %pM\n",
-			   mac, vf_id, mac);
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_put_vf;
-	}
-
 	mutex_lock(&vf->cfg_lock);
 
 	/* VF is notified of its new MAC via the PF's response to the