diff --git a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
index 62348fc60e534af2645c107bc36476f1d8f31dd0..be426a4a7240186fbec35b014c8b27a0d672cf30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -1654,7 +1654,7 @@ void igb_reset(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
 	if (adapter->vfs_allocated_count) {
 		int i;
 		for (i = 0 ; i < adapter->vfs_allocated_count; i++)
-			adapter->vf_data[i].flags = 0;
+			adapter->vf_data[i].flags &= IGB_VF_FLAG_PF_SET_MAC;
 
 		/* ping all the active vfs to let them know we are going down */
 		igb_ping_all_vfs(adapter);
@@ -4971,8 +4971,8 @@ static int igb_set_vf_vlan(struct igb_adapter *adapter, u32 *msgbuf, u32 vf)
 
 static inline void igb_vf_reset(struct igb_adapter *adapter, u32 vf)
 {
-	/* clear flags */
-	adapter->vf_data[vf].flags &= ~(IGB_VF_FLAG_PF_SET_MAC);
+	/* clear flags - except flag that indicates PF has set the MAC */
+	adapter->vf_data[vf].flags &= IGB_VF_FLAG_PF_SET_MAC;
 	adapter->vf_data[vf].last_nack = jiffies;
 
 	/* reset offloads to defaults */
@@ -5026,7 +5026,7 @@ static void igb_vf_reset_msg(struct igb_adapter *adapter, u32 vf)
 	reg = rd32(E1000_VFRE);
 	wr32(E1000_VFRE, reg | (1 << vf));
 
-	adapter->vf_data[vf].flags = IGB_VF_FLAG_CTS;
+	adapter->vf_data[vf].flags |= IGB_VF_FLAG_CTS;
 
 	/* reply to reset with ack and vf mac address */
 	msgbuf[0] = E1000_VF_RESET | E1000_VT_MSGTYPE_ACK;