diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index ac5709624c7a..1fd8cc5ac306 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -3185,7 +3185,8 @@ static netdev_features_t i40evf_fix_features(struct net_device *netdev,
 {
 	struct i40evf_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
-	if (!(adapter->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN))
+	if (adapter->vf_res &&
+	    !(adapter->vf_res->vf_cap_flags & VIRTCHNL_VF_OFFLOAD_VLAN))
 		features &= ~(NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX |
 			      NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX |
 			      NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER);