if (ret_code != I40E_SUCCESS)
goto init_adminq_free_asq;
+ /* VF has no need of firmware */
+ if (i40e_is_vf(hw))
+ goto init_adminq_exit;
+
/* There are some cases where the firmware may not be quite ready
* for AdminQ operations, so we retry the AdminQ setup a few times
* if we see timeouts in this first AQ call.