diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
index cb30d1a3d3adfef673fe76b86e4df9b40519a59c..2d5fce4c97516276672edbdf6c0b469bb04d595c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
@@ -1250,7 +1250,10 @@ struct bnx2x_slowpath {
 	 * Therefore, if they would have been defined in the same union,
 	 * data can get corrupted.
 	 */
-	struct afex_vif_list_ramrod_data func_afex_rdata;
+	union {
+		struct afex_vif_list_ramrod_data	viflist_data;
+		struct function_update_data		func_update;
+	} func_afex_rdata;
 
 	/* used by dmae command executer */
 	struct dmae_command		dmae[MAX_DMAE_C];