Index: sys/dev/ixl/ixl_pf_main.c
===================================================================
--- sys/dev/ixl/ixl_pf_main.c
+++ sys/dev/ixl/ixl_pf_main.c
@@ -1114,16 +1114,23 @@
 
 	ixl_add_hw_filters(vsi, &tmp, cnt);
 
-	/* Filter could be removed if MAC address was changed */
-	ixl_add_filter(vsi, hw->mac.addr, IXL_VLAN_ANY);
-
-	if ((if_getcapenable(vsi->ifp) & IFCAP_VLAN_HWFILTER) == 0)
-		return;
 	/*
-	 * VLAN HW filtering is enabled, make sure that filters
-	 * for all registered VLAN tags are configured
+	 * When the vsi is allocated for the VFs, both vsi->hw and vsi->ifp 
+	 * will be NULL. Furthermore, the ftl of such vsi already contains 
+	 * IXL_VLAN_ANY filter so we can skip that as well.
 	 */
-	ixl_add_vlan_filters(vsi, hw->mac.addr);
+	if (hw == NULL) {
+		/* Filter could be removed if MAC address was changed */
+		ixl_add_filter(vsi, hw->mac.addr, IXL_VLAN_ANY);
+
+		if ((if_getcapenable(vsi->ifp) & IFCAP_VLAN_HWFILTER) == 0)
+			return;
+		/*
+		 * VLAN HW filtering is enabled, make sure that filters
+		 * for all registered VLAN tags are configured
+		 */
+		ixl_add_vlan_filters(vsi, hw->mac.addr);
+	}
 }
 
 /*