diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 4d1e670f490e..fa25ea512e43 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -2779,6 +2779,7 @@ int i40e_ndo_set_vf_mac(struct net_device *netdev, int vf_id, u8 *mac)
 	struct i40e_mac_filter *f;
 	struct i40e_vf *vf;
 	int ret = 0;
+	struct hlist_node *h;
 	int bkt;
 
 	/* validate the request */
@@ -2817,7 +2818,7 @@ int i40e_ndo_set_vf_mac(struct net_device *netdev, int vf_id, u8 *mac)
 	/* Delete all the filters for this VSI - we're going to kill it
 	 * anyway.
 	 */
-	hash_for_each(vsi->mac_filter_hash, bkt, f, hlist)
+	hash_for_each_safe(vsi->mac_filter_hash, bkt, h, f, hlist)
 		__i40e_del_filter(vsi, f);
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock);