diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index d189ed24766524676f2a1baa3651e53412bd1ad0..d2b41f9f87f80513a793eafe5e65899464488a9c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -1423,6 +1423,9 @@ static void ixgbevf_update_itr(struct ixgbevf_q_vector *q_vector,
 	 */
 	/* what was last interrupt timeslice? */
 	timepassed_us = q_vector->itr >> 2;
+	if (timepassed_us == 0)
+		return;
+
 	bytes_perint = bytes / timepassed_us; /* bytes/usec */
 
 	switch (itr_setting) {