diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 8176596932be4420b45c2211d7a1cda70e4669db..66d2ca0194f6fd23befbc04d076197bbb0e833c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -7674,18 +7674,23 @@ static int i40e_init_msix(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 		int vmdq_vecs_wanted = pf->num_vmdq_vsis * pf->num_vmdq_qps;
 		int vmdq_vecs = min_t(int, vectors_left, vmdq_vecs_wanted);
 
-		/* if we're short on vectors for what's desired, we limit
-		 * the queues per vmdq.  If this is still more than are
-		 * available, the user will need to change the number of
-		 * queues/vectors used by the PF later with the ethtool
-		 * channels command
-		 */
-		if (vmdq_vecs < vmdq_vecs_wanted)
-			pf->num_vmdq_qps = 1;
-		pf->num_vmdq_msix = pf->num_vmdq_qps;
+		if (!vectors_left) {
+			pf->num_vmdq_msix = 0;
+			pf->num_vmdq_qps = 0;
+		} else {
+			/* if we're short on vectors for what's desired, we limit
+			 * the queues per vmdq.  If this is still more than are
+			 * available, the user will need to change the number of
+			 * queues/vectors used by the PF later with the ethtool
+			 * channels command
+			 */
+			if (vmdq_vecs < vmdq_vecs_wanted)
+				pf->num_vmdq_qps = 1;
+			pf->num_vmdq_msix = pf->num_vmdq_qps;
 
-		v_budget += vmdq_vecs;
-		vectors_left -= vmdq_vecs;
+			v_budget += vmdq_vecs;
+			vectors_left -= vmdq_vecs;
+		}
 	}
 
 	pf->msix_entries = kcalloc(v_budget, sizeof(struct msix_entry),