diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
index 6080ebd9bd947eb31645f63b244cadd7f4e26a54..d39341e4ab378db33a774d2eb843f3daa417b8c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
@@ -394,7 +394,12 @@ static int otx2_forward_vf_mbox_msgs(struct otx2_nic *pf,
 		dst_mdev->msg_size = mbox_hdr->msg_size;
 		dst_mdev->num_msgs = num_msgs;
 		err = otx2_sync_mbox_msg(dst_mbox);
-		if (err) {
+		/* Error code -EIO indicate there is a communication failure
+		 * to the AF. Rest of the error codes indicate that AF processed
+		 * VF messages and set the error codes in response messages
+		 * (if any) so simply forward responses to VF.
+		 */
+		if (err == -EIO) {
 			dev_warn(pf->dev,
 				 "AF not responding to VF%d messages\n", vf);
 			/* restore PF mbase and exit */