diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
index a3bf9d8023d7..5faf2f0e4d62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c
@@ -554,8 +554,6 @@ static int efx_ef10_probe(struct efx_nic *efx)
 
 	efx->rss_context.context_id = EFX_MCDI_RSS_CONTEXT_INVALID;
 
-	efx->vport_id = EVB_PORT_ID_ASSIGNED;
-
 	/* In case we're recovering from a crash (kexec), we want to
 	 * cancel any outstanding request by the previous user of this
 	 * function.  We send a special message using the least
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c
index 822e9e147404..a2f744377aaa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx_common.c
@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@ int efx_init_struct(struct efx_nic *efx,
 		efx->type->rx_ts_offset - efx->type->rx_prefix_size;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&efx->rss_context.list);
 	mutex_init(&efx->rss_lock);
+	efx->vport_id = EVB_PORT_ID_ASSIGNED;
 	spin_lock_init(&efx->stats_lock);
 	efx->vi_stride = EFX_DEFAULT_VI_STRIDE;
 	efx->num_mac_stats = MC_CMD_MAC_NSTATS;