diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
index 93ca79c3e3b5..4f2defd2331b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c
@@ -2876,9 +2876,13 @@ void iavf_virtchnl_completion(struct iavf_adapter *adapter,
 		spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->adv_rss_lock);
 		}
 		break;
+	case VIRTCHNL_OP_ADD_VLAN:
 	case VIRTCHNL_OP_ADD_VLAN_V2: {
 		struct iavf_vlan_filter *f;
 
+		if (v_retval)
+			break;
+
 		spin_lock_bh(&adapter->mac_vlan_list_lock);
 		list_for_each_entry(f, &adapter->vlan_filter_list, list) {
 			if (f->state == IAVF_VLAN_ADDING)