diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index e95c09dc2c30d2911888410621897edc9ee8f93f..e42520f909fe23c6ae4734ed43e54b927482d72d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ static int ionic_set_nic_features(struct ionic_lif *lif,
 	if ((old_hw_features ^ lif->hw_features) & IONIC_ETH_HW_RX_HASH)
 		ionic_lif_rss_config(lif, lif->rss_types, NULL, NULL);
 
-	if ((vlan_flags & features) &&
+	if ((vlan_flags & le64_to_cpu(ctx.cmd.lif_setattr.features)) &&
 	    !(vlan_flags & le64_to_cpu(ctx.comp.lif_setattr.features)))
 		dev_info_once(lif->ionic->dev, "NIC is not supporting vlan offload, likely in SmartNIC mode\n");