diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index b445ad1..3fd4d3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -5067,7 +5067,7 @@
 
 	/* assign number of SR-IOV VFs */
 	if (hw->mac.type != ixgbe_mac_82598EB) {
-		if (max_vfs > 63) {
+		if (max_vfs > IXGBE_MAX_VFS_DRV_LIMIT) {
 			adapter->num_vfs = 0;
 			e_dev_warn("max_vfs parameter out of range. Not assigning any SR-IOV VFs\n");
 		} else {
@@ -8020,7 +8020,7 @@
 	ixgbe_init_mbx_params_pf(hw);
 	memcpy(&hw->mbx.ops, ii->mbx_ops, sizeof(hw->mbx.ops));
 	ixgbe_enable_sriov(adapter);
-	pci_sriov_set_totalvfs(pdev, 63);
+	pci_sriov_set_totalvfs(pdev, IXGBE_MAX_VFS_DRV_LIMIT);
 skip_sriov:
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
index 0558c71..dff0977 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 		 * physical function.  If the user requests greater thn
 		 * 63 VFs then it is an error - reset to default of zero.
 		 */
-		adapter->num_vfs = min_t(unsigned int, adapter->num_vfs, 63);
+		adapter->num_vfs = min_t(unsigned int, adapter->num_vfs, IXGBE_MAX_VFS_DRV_LIMIT);
 
 		err = pci_enable_sriov(adapter->pdev, adapter->num_vfs);
 		if (err) {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
 	 * PF.  The PCI bus driver already checks for other values out of
 	 * range.
 	 */
-	if (num_vfs > 63) {
+	if (num_vfs > IXGBE_MAX_VFS_DRV_LIMIT) {
 		err = -EPERM;
 		goto err_out;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.h
index 4713f9f..8bd2919 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.h
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 #ifndef _IXGBE_SRIOV_H_
 #define _IXGBE_SRIOV_H_
 
+/*  ixgbe driver limit the max number of VFs could be enabled to
+ *  63 (IXGBE_MAX_VF_FUNCTIONS - 1)
+ */
+#define IXGBE_MAX_VFS_DRV_LIMIT  (IXGBE_MAX_VF_FUNCTIONS - 1)
+
 void ixgbe_restore_vf_multicasts(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 void ixgbe_msg_task(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter);
 int ixgbe_vf_configuration(struct pci_dev *pdev, unsigned int event_mask);