diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index fffd4868defb..9e4b78e447f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -1573,11 +1573,18 @@ static int i40e_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
 	else
 		netdev_info(netdev, "set new mac address %pM\n", addr->sa_data);
 
+	/* Copy the address first, so that we avoid a possible race with
+	 * .set_rx_mode(). If we copy after changing the address in the filter
+	 * list, we might open ourselves to a narrow race window where
+	 * .set_rx_mode could delete our dev_addr filter and prevent traffic
+	 * from passing.
+	 */
+	ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock);
 	i40e_del_mac_filter(vsi, netdev->dev_addr);
 	i40e_add_mac_filter(vsi, addr->sa_data);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock);
-	ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
 	if (vsi->type == I40E_VSI_MAIN) {
 		i40e_status ret;
 
@@ -1923,6 +1930,14 @@ static int i40e_addr_unsync(struct net_device *netdev, const u8 *addr)
 	struct i40e_netdev_priv *np = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct i40e_vsi *vsi = np->vsi;
 
+	/* Under some circumstances, we might receive a request to delete
+	 * our own device address from our uc list. Because we store the
+	 * device address in the VSI's MAC/VLAN filter list, we need to ignore
+	 * such requests and not delete our device address from this list.
+	 */
+	if (ether_addr_equal(addr, netdev->dev_addr))
+		return 0;
+
 	i40e_del_mac_filter(vsi, addr);
 
 	return 0;