diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
index 22eefda3a5303d6a352fa75ce8a7b4d60707fe13..4bea409a552ddf1bb96d5d0e3fe14094dad4866b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ void i40e_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask, void *desc,
  **/
 bool i40e_check_asq_alive(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 {
-	return !!(rd32(hw, hw->aq.asq.len) & I40E_PF_ATQLEN_ATQENABLE_MASK);
+	if (hw->aq.asq.len)
+		return !!(rd32(hw, hw->aq.asq.len) &
+			  I40E_PF_ATQLEN_ATQENABLE_MASK);
+	else
+		return false;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
index ac660963b8b7099f61dda784989b797e338e1bea..ea0f2001cc201fa5f6eeced0f72b585e3aa23132 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_common.c
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ void i40evf_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask, void *desc,
  **/
 bool i40evf_check_asq_alive(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 {
-	return !!(rd32(hw, hw->aq.asq.len) & I40E_PF_ATQLEN_ATQENABLE_MASK);
+	if (hw->aq.asq.len)
+		return !!(rd32(hw, hw->aq.asq.len) &
+			  I40E_PF_ATQLEN_ATQENABLE_MASK);
+	else
+		return false;
 }
 
 /**