diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 06c954c5c094cd4e18d414c2bc5627b492f7fa6b..c9006469cd0c48846ef9c8b0860b3663f8d42553 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static inline bool i40e_vc_isvalid_queue_id(struct i40e_vf *vf, u16 vsi_id,
  *
  * check for the valid vector id
  **/
-static inline bool i40e_vc_isvalid_vector_id(struct i40e_vf *vf, u8 vector_id)
+static inline bool i40e_vc_isvalid_vector_id(struct i40e_vf *vf, u32 vector_id)
 {
 	struct i40e_pf *pf = vf->pf;