diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c index 70fcc1fd962f..692099793005 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c @@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ int otx2_set_mac_address(struct net_device *netdev, void *p) if (!otx2_hw_set_mac_addr(pfvf, addr->sa_data)) { memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, netdev->addr_len); /* update dmac field in vlan offload rule */ - if (pfvf->flags & OTX2_FLAG_RX_VLAN_SUPPORT) + if (netif_running(netdev) && + pfvf->flags & OTX2_FLAG_RX_VLAN_SUPPORT) otx2_install_rxvlan_offload_flow(pfvf); /* update dmac address in ntuple and DMAC filter list */ if (pfvf->flags & OTX2_FLAG_DMACFLTR_SUPPORT)