1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
index 0216d592d0ce..2e46c28fc601 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sriov.c
@@ -3114,6 +3114,11 @@ int bnx2x_sriov_configure(struct pci_dev *dev, int num_vfs_param)
 {
         struct bnx2x *bp = netdev_priv(pci_get_drvdata(dev));
 
+        if (!IS_SRIOV(bp)) {
+                BNX2X_ERR("failed to configure SR-IOV since vfdb was not allocated. Check dmesg for errors in probe stage\n");
+                return -EINVAL;
+        }
+
         DP(BNX2X_MSG_IOV, "bnx2x_sriov_configure called with %d, BNX2X_NR_VIRTFN(bp) was %d\n",
            num_vfs_param, BNX2X_NR_VIRTFN(bp));