diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 2a087319c09b768aaa58ccef69a1df53267839fa..1cf9ba2d9a410d7a08cb961f429ccd9dd8dca559 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -9346,7 +9346,7 @@ static int i40e_init_msix(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 		pf->num_lan_qps = 1;
 		pf->num_lan_msix = 1;
 
-	} else if (!vectors_left) {
+	} else if (v_actual != v_budget) {
 		/* If we have limited resources, we will start with no vectors
 		 * for the special features and then allocate vectors to some
 		 * of these features based on the policy and at the end disable
@@ -9355,7 +9355,8 @@ static int i40e_init_msix(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 		int vec;
 
 		dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev,
-			 "MSI-X vector limit reached, attempting to redistribute vectors\n");
+			 "MSI-X vector limit reached with %d, wanted %d, attempting to redistribute vectors\n",
+			 v_actual, v_budget);
 		/* reserve the misc vector */
 		vec = v_actual - 1;