diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index a505d3bad09..ebe6370c4b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ static void igb_check_vf_rate_limit(struct igb_adapter *);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
 static int igb_vf_configure(struct igb_adapter *adapter, int vf);
+static int igb_pci_enable_sriov(struct pci_dev *dev, int num_vfs);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
@@ -2429,7 +2430,7 @@ static int igb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
-static int  igb_disable_sriov(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+static int igb_disable_sriov(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct igb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
@@ -2470,27 +2471,19 @@ static int igb_enable_sriov(struct pci_dev *pdev, int num_vfs)
 	int err = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	if (!adapter->msix_entries) {
+	if (!adapter->msix_entries || num_vfs > 7) {
 		err = -EPERM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-
 	if (!num_vfs)
 		goto out;
-	else if (old_vfs && old_vfs == num_vfs)
-		goto out;
-	else if (old_vfs && old_vfs != num_vfs)
-		err = igb_disable_sriov(pdev);
-
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
 
-	if (num_vfs > 7) {
-		err = -EPERM;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	adapter->vfs_allocated_count = num_vfs;
+	if (old_vfs) {
+		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "%d pre-allocated VFs found - override max_vfs setting of %d\n",
+			 old_vfs, max_vfs);
+		adapter->vfs_allocated_count = old_vfs;
+	} else
+		adapter->vfs_allocated_count = num_vfs;
 
 	adapter->vf_data = kcalloc(adapter->vfs_allocated_count,
 				sizeof(struct vf_data_storage), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -2504,10 +2497,12 @@ static int igb_enable_sriov(struct pci_dev *pdev, int num_vfs)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	err = pci_enable_sriov(pdev, adapter->vfs_allocated_count);
-	if (err)
-		goto err_out;
-
+	/* only call pci_enable_sriov() if no VFs are allocated already */
+	if (!old_vfs) {
+		err = pci_enable_sriov(pdev, adapter->vfs_allocated_count);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_out;
+	}
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "%d VFs allocated\n",
 		 adapter->vfs_allocated_count);
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->vfs_allocated_count; i++)
@@ -2623,7 +2618,7 @@ static void igb_probe_vfs(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
 		return;
 
 	pci_sriov_set_totalvfs(pdev, 7);
-	igb_enable_sriov(pdev, max_vfs);
+	igb_pci_enable_sriov(pdev, max_vfs);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_PCI_IOV */
 }