diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 76481ff7074b..3a93d538b2d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -13458,15 +13458,15 @@ static int i40e_add_vsi(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 		vsi->id = ctxt.vsi_number;
 	}
 
-	vsi->active_filters = 0;
-	clear_bit(__I40E_VSI_OVERFLOW_PROMISC, vsi->state);
 	spin_lock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock);
+	vsi->active_filters = 0;
 	/* If macvlan filters already exist, force them to get loaded */
 	hash_for_each_safe(vsi->mac_filter_hash, bkt, h, f, hlist) {
 		f->state = I40E_FILTER_NEW;
 		f_count++;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock);
+	clear_bit(__I40E_VSI_OVERFLOW_PROMISC, vsi->state);
 
 	if (f_count) {
 		vsi->flags |= I40E_VSI_FLAG_FILTER_CHANGED;