diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index cd71c47..38126f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@
 	v_msg = (struct i40e_virtchnl_msg *)&event.desc;
 	do {
 		ret = i40evf_clean_arq_element(hw, &event, &pending);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret || !v_msg->v_opcode)
 			break; /* No event to process or error cleaning ARQ */
 
 		i40evf_virtchnl_completion(adapter, v_msg->v_opcode,