diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h
index dd81698f0d596..0ae6da2992d01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h
@@ -457,4 +457,5 @@ void iavf_add_adv_rss_cfg(struct iavf_adapter *adapter);
 void iavf_del_adv_rss_cfg(struct iavf_adapter *adapter);
 struct iavf_mac_filter *iavf_add_filter(struct iavf_adapter *adapter,
 					const u8 *macaddr);
+int iavf_lock_timeout(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int msecs);
 #endif /* _IAVF_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
index 5173b6293c6d9..fd3717ae70ab1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ enum iavf_status iavf_free_virt_mem_d(struct iavf_hw *hw,
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, negative on failure
  **/
-static int iavf_lock_timeout(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int msecs)
+int iavf_lock_timeout(struct mutex *lock, unsigned int msecs)
 {
 	unsigned int wait, delay = 10;
 
@@ -708,13 +708,11 @@ static void iavf_del_vlan(struct iavf_adapter *adapter, u16 vlan)
  **/
 static void iavf_restore_filters(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 {
-	/* re-add all VLAN filters */
-	if (VLAN_ALLOWED(adapter)) {
-		u16 vid;
+	u16 vid;
 
-		for_each_set_bit(vid, adapter->vsi.active_vlans, VLAN_N_VID)
-			iavf_add_vlan(adapter, vid);
-	}
+	/* re-add all VLAN filters */
+	for_each_set_bit(vid, adapter->vsi.active_vlans, VLAN_N_VID)
+		iavf_add_vlan(adapter, vid);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -749,9 +747,6 @@ static int iavf_vlan_rx_kill_vid(struct net_device *netdev,
 {
 	struct iavf_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
-	if (!VLAN_ALLOWED(adapter))
-		return -EIO;
-
 	iavf_del_vlan(adapter, vid);
 	clear_bit(vid, adapter->vsi.active_vlans);
 
@@ -2142,7 +2137,6 @@ static void iavf_reset_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
 	struct iavf_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
 	struct iavf_mac_filter *f, *ftmp;
-	struct iavf_vlan_filter *vlf;
 	struct iavf_cloud_filter *cf;
 	u32 reg_val;
 	int i = 0, err;
@@ -2282,11 +2276,6 @@ static void iavf_reset_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	list_for_each_entry(f, &adapter->mac_filter_list, list) {
 		f->add = true;
 	}
-	/* re-add all VLAN filters */
-	list_for_each_entry(vlf, &adapter->vlan_filter_list, list) {
-		vlf->add = true;
-	}
-
 	spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mac_vlan_list_lock);
 
 	/* check if TCs are running and re-add all cloud filters */
@@ -2300,7 +2289,6 @@ static void iavf_reset_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->cloud_filter_list_lock);
 
 	adapter->aq_required |= IAVF_FLAG_AQ_ADD_MAC_FILTER;
-	adapter->aq_required |= IAVF_FLAG_AQ_ADD_VLAN_FILTER;
 	adapter->aq_required |= IAVF_FLAG_AQ_ADD_CLOUD_FILTER;
 	iavf_misc_irq_enable(adapter);
 
@@ -3398,11 +3386,16 @@ static int iavf_set_features(struct net_device *netdev,
 {
 	struct iavf_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
-	/* Don't allow changing VLAN_RX flag when adapter is not capable
-	 * of VLAN offload
+	/* Don't allow enabling VLAN features when adapter is not capable
+	 * of VLAN offload/filtering
 	 */
 	if (!VLAN_ALLOWED(adapter)) {
-		if ((netdev->features ^ features) & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX)
+		netdev->hw_features &= ~(NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX |
+					 NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX |
+					 NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER);
+		if (features & (NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX |
+				NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX |
+				NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER))
 			return -EINVAL;
 	} else if ((netdev->features ^ features) & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX) {
 		if (features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
index 33bde032ca37e..08302ab35d687 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ void iavf_add_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 		if (f->add)
 			count++;
 	}
-	if (!count) {
+	if (!count || !VLAN_ALLOWED(adapter)) {
 		adapter->aq_required &= ~IAVF_FLAG_AQ_ADD_VLAN_FILTER;
 		spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mac_vlan_list_lock);
 		return;
@@ -673,9 +673,19 @@ void iavf_del_vlans(struct iavf_adapter *adapter)
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&adapter->mac_vlan_list_lock);
 
-	list_for_each_entry(f, &adapter->vlan_filter_list, list) {
-		if (f->remove)
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(f, ftmp, &adapter->vlan_filter_list, list) {
+		/* since VLAN capabilities are not allowed, we dont want to send
+		 * a VLAN delete request because it will most likely fail and
+		 * create unnecessary errors/noise, so just free the VLAN
+		 * filters marked for removal to enable bailing out before
+		 * sending a virtchnl message
+		 */
+		if (f->remove && !VLAN_ALLOWED(adapter)) {
+			list_del(&f->list);
+			kfree(f);
+		} else if (f->remove) {
 			count++;
+		}
 	}
 	if (!count) {
 		adapter->aq_required &= ~IAVF_FLAG_AQ_DEL_VLAN_FILTER;
@@ -1724,8 +1734,37 @@ void iavf_virtchnl_completion(struct iavf_adapter *adapter,
 		}
 		spin_lock_bh(&adapter->mac_vlan_list_lock);
 		iavf_add_filter(adapter, adapter->hw.mac.addr);
+
+		if (VLAN_ALLOWED(adapter)) {
+			if (!list_empty(&adapter->vlan_filter_list)) {
+				struct iavf_vlan_filter *vlf;
+
+				/* re-add all VLAN filters over virtchnl */
+				list_for_each_entry(vlf,
+						    &adapter->vlan_filter_list,
+						    list)
+					vlf->add = true;
+
+				adapter->aq_required |=
+					IAVF_FLAG_AQ_ADD_VLAN_FILTER;
+			}
+		}
+
 		spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mac_vlan_list_lock);
 		iavf_process_config(adapter);
+
+		/* unlock crit_lock before acquiring rtnl_lock as other
+		 * processes holding rtnl_lock could be waiting for the same
+		 * crit_lock
+		 */
+		mutex_unlock(&adapter->crit_lock);
+		rtnl_lock();
+		netdev_update_features(adapter->netdev);
+		rtnl_unlock();
+		if (iavf_lock_timeout(&adapter->crit_lock, 10000))
+			dev_warn(&adapter->pdev->dev, "failed to acquire crit_lock in %s\n",
+				 __FUNCTION__);
+
 		}
 		break;
 	case VIRTCHNL_OP_ENABLE_QUEUES:
