diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_vf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_vf.c
index be118d057b92c5ad494690b7c80c98140dbb8e7a..6ab3fb008139d5378f0ad6b9482d7f16dfe0cb2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_vf.c
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ static int qed_vf_pf_acquire(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn)
 	struct pfvf_acquire_resp_tlv *resp = &p_iov->pf2vf_reply->acquire_resp;
 	struct pf_vf_pfdev_info *pfdev_info = &resp->pfdev_info;
 	struct vf_pf_resc_request *p_resc;
+	u8 retry_cnt = VF_ACQUIRE_THRESH;
 	bool resources_acquired = false;
 	struct vfpf_acquire_tlv *req;
 	int rc = 0, attempts = 0;
@@ -314,6 +315,15 @@ static int qed_vf_pf_acquire(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn)
 
 		/* send acquire request */
 		rc = qed_send_msg2pf(p_hwfn, &resp->hdr.status, sizeof(*resp));
+
+		/* Re-try acquire in case of vf-pf hw channel timeout */
+		if (retry_cnt && rc == -EBUSY) {
+			DP_VERBOSE(p_hwfn, QED_MSG_IOV,
+				   "VF retrying to acquire due to VPC timeout\n");
+			retry_cnt--;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (rc)
 			goto exit;