diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
index 3fc9ac1e8b7b..52d291383c23 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/pensando/ionic/ionic_lif.c
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ static int ionic_intr_alloc(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_intr_info *intr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void ionic_intr_free(struct ionic_lif *lif, int index)
+static void ionic_intr_free(struct ionic *ionic, int index)
 {
-	if (index != INTR_INDEX_NOT_ASSIGNED && index < lif->ionic->nintrs)
-		clear_bit(index, lif->ionic->intrs);
+	if (index != INTR_INDEX_NOT_ASSIGNED && index < ionic->nintrs)
+		clear_bit(index, ionic->intrs);
 }
 
 static int ionic_qcq_enable(struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static void ionic_qcq_free(struct ionic_lif *lif, struct ionic_qcq *qcq)
 		irq_set_affinity_hint(qcq->intr.vector, NULL);
 		devm_free_irq(dev, qcq->intr.vector, &qcq->napi);
 		qcq->intr.vector = 0;
-		ionic_intr_free(lif, qcq->intr.index);
+		ionic_intr_free(lif->ionic, qcq->intr.index);
 	}
 
 	devm_kfree(dev, qcq->cq.info);
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ static void ionic_link_qcq_interrupts(struct ionic_qcq *src_qcq,
 				      struct ionic_qcq *n_qcq)
 {
 	if (WARN_ON(n_qcq->flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR)) {
-		ionic_intr_free(n_qcq->cq.lif, n_qcq->intr.index);
+		ionic_intr_free(n_qcq->cq.lif->ionic, n_qcq->intr.index);
 		n_qcq->flags &= ~IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR;
 	}
 
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ err_out_free_irq:
 		devm_free_irq(dev, new->intr.vector, &new->napi);
 err_out_free_intr:
 	if (flags & IONIC_QCQ_F_INTR)
-		ionic_intr_free(lif, new->intr.index);
+		ionic_intr_free(lif->ionic, new->intr.index);
 err_out:
 	dev_err(dev, "qcq alloc of %s%d failed %d\n", name, index, err);
 	return err;