diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
index 0d087b03a7b09db29f170c712e8f36c71c8f9db6..725a4e1b5f67db07a9c576e051a128aced6e5f2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_main.c
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ static void mlx4_en_event(struct mlx4_dev *dev, void *endev_ptr,
 		mlx4_err(mdev, "Internal error detected, restarting device\n");
 		break;
 
+	case MLX4_DEV_EVENT_SLAVE_INIT:
+	case MLX4_DEV_EVENT_SLAVE_SHUTDOWN:
+		break;
 	default:
 		if (port < 1 || port > dev->caps.num_ports ||
 		    !mdev->pndev[port])