diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index 1cbacb3896528e0cc5b54e99abd34b5a809fb714..0959583feb27ed2c7962e6d6e7a931c53f7d664a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -1929,14 +1929,17 @@ static void
 vmxnet3_vlan_rx_add_vid(struct net_device *netdev, u16 vid)
 {
 	struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	u32 *vfTable = adapter->shared->devRead.rxFilterConf.vfTable;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	VMXNET3_SET_VFTABLE_ENTRY(vfTable, vid);
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->cmd_lock, flags);
-	VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
-			       VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_VLAN_FILTERS);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->cmd_lock, flags);
+	if (!(netdev->flags & IFF_PROMISC)) {
+		u32 *vfTable = adapter->shared->devRead.rxFilterConf.vfTable;
+		unsigned long flags;
+
+		VMXNET3_SET_VFTABLE_ENTRY(vfTable, vid);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->cmd_lock, flags);
+		VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
+				       VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_VLAN_FILTERS);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->cmd_lock, flags);
+	}
 
 	set_bit(vid, adapter->active_vlans);
 }
@@ -1946,14 +1949,17 @@ static void
 vmxnet3_vlan_rx_kill_vid(struct net_device *netdev, u16 vid)
 {
 	struct vmxnet3_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	u32 *vfTable = adapter->shared->devRead.rxFilterConf.vfTable;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
-	VMXNET3_CLEAR_VFTABLE_ENTRY(vfTable, vid);
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->cmd_lock, flags);
-	VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
-			       VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_VLAN_FILTERS);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->cmd_lock, flags);
+	if (!(netdev->flags & IFF_PROMISC)) {
+		u32 *vfTable = adapter->shared->devRead.rxFilterConf.vfTable;
+		unsigned long flags;
+
+		VMXNET3_CLEAR_VFTABLE_ENTRY(vfTable, vid);
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&adapter->cmd_lock, flags);
+		VMXNET3_WRITE_BAR1_REG(adapter, VMXNET3_REG_CMD,
+				       VMXNET3_CMD_UPDATE_VLAN_FILTERS);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adapter->cmd_lock, flags);
+	}
 
 	clear_bit(vid, adapter->active_vlans);
 }