diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index b5b984754ec92f524508cde0a28bd497e8289c59..e04b540cedc85c3c4a435600274b33e401809c67 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -4871,7 +4871,8 @@ static void i40e_clear_interrupt_scheme(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	i40e_free_misc_vector(pf);
+	if (test_bit(__I40E_MISC_IRQ_REQUESTED, pf->state))
+		i40e_free_misc_vector(pf);
 
 	i40e_put_lump(pf->irq_pile, pf->iwarp_base_vector,
 		      I40E_IWARP_IRQ_PILE_ID);