diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index 342007df4663ae3441363ffd6ac55d48bc7f31bd..c164d5093d53682cac69f104633c179a47f0d16d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -852,9 +852,9 @@ int i40e_close(struct net_device *netdev);
 int i40e_vsi_open(struct i40e_vsi *vsi);
 void i40e_vlan_stripping_disable(struct i40e_vsi *vsi);
 int i40e_add_vlan_all_mac(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, s16 vid);
-int i40e_vsi_add_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, s16 vid);
+int i40e_vsi_add_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, u16 vid);
 void i40e_rm_vlan_all_mac(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, s16 vid);
-void i40e_vsi_kill_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, s16 vid);
+void i40e_vsi_kill_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, u16 vid);
 struct i40e_mac_filter *i40e_put_mac_in_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
 					     const u8 *macaddr);
 int i40e_del_mac_all_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, const u8 *macaddr);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index b2f76d24000d0cdaf70faa618a2e248aad096ee4..0b4adccd26117466de3f65a6074438e52317377f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -2568,12 +2568,15 @@ int i40e_add_vlan_all_mac(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, s16 vid)
 /**
  * i40e_vsi_add_vlan - Add VSI membership for given VLAN
  * @vsi: the VSI being configured
- * @vid: VLAN id to be added (0 = untagged only , -1 = any)
+ * @vid: VLAN id to be added
  **/
-int i40e_vsi_add_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, s16 vid)
+int i40e_vsi_add_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, u16 vid)
 {
 	int err;
 
+	if (!vid || vsi->info.pvid)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* Locked once because all functions invoked below iterates list*/
 	spin_lock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock);
 	err = i40e_add_vlan_all_mac(vsi, vid);
@@ -2616,10 +2619,13 @@ void i40e_rm_vlan_all_mac(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, s16 vid)
 /**
  * i40e_vsi_kill_vlan - Remove VSI membership for given VLAN
  * @vsi: the VSI being configured
- * @vid: VLAN id to be removed (0 = untagged only , -1 = any)
+ * @vid: VLAN id to be removed
  **/
-void i40e_vsi_kill_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, s16 vid)
+void i40e_vsi_kill_vlan(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, u16 vid)
 {
+	if (!vid || vsi->info.pvid)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock);
 	i40e_rm_vlan_all_mac(vsi, vid);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock);