diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
index 5dc12c4ecb24ad28b2987f25c957fe140f43684d..35fa09a2c16261e3e7e10d9acbc820448d7e0a26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static inline bool i40e_is_nvm_update_op(struct i40e_aq_desc *desc)
 static void i40e_adminq_init_regs(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 {
 	/* set head and tail registers in our local struct */
-	if (hw->mac.type == I40E_MAC_VF) {
+	if (i40e_is_vf(hw)) {
 		hw->aq.asq.tail = I40E_VF_ATQT1;
 		hw->aq.asq.head = I40E_VF_ATQH1;
 		hw->aq.asq.len  = I40E_VF_ATQLEN1;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_type.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_type.h
index c85214373a51976c5dff9c48afd3d03d1ee0af31..3904dd8ea1f15a8034d8b771c759173a2bfa6993 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_type.h
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ struct i40e_hw {
 	u32 debug_mask;
 };
 
+#define i40e_is_vf(_hw)	((_hw)->mac.type == I40E_MAC_VF)
+
 struct i40e_driver_version {
 	u8 major_version;
 	u8 minor_version;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
index ff6305acf68a89ca34ffc45482d20ed71bed30e6..16989946c52a0fc093f7c964c7983d0bd3ba752c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_adminq.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static inline bool i40e_is_nvm_update_op(struct i40e_aq_desc *desc)
 static void i40e_adminq_init_regs(struct i40e_hw *hw)
 {
 	/* set head and tail registers in our local struct */
-	if (hw->mac.type == I40E_MAC_VF) {
+	if (i40e_is_vf(hw)) {
 		hw->aq.asq.tail = I40E_VF_ATQT1;
 		hw->aq.asq.head = I40E_VF_ATQH1;
 		hw->aq.asq.len  = I40E_VF_ATQLEN1;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_type.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_type.h
index 8fe34fc5c469e80374868a22ab2515fbcc3becc6..77abe17217f9b354b463af6895e4d60927a813a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_type.h
@@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ struct i40e_hw {
 	u32 debug_mask;
 };
 
+#define i40e_is_vf(_hw)	((_hw)->mac.type == I40E_MAC_VF)
+
 struct i40e_driver_version {
 	u8 major_version;
 	u8 minor_version;