Index: sys/dev/ixl/ixl_pf_main.c
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--- sys/dev/ixl/ixl_pf_main.c
+++ sys/dev/ixl/ixl_pf_main.c
@@ -1114,6 +1114,14 @@
 
 	ixl_add_hw_filters(vsi, &tmp, cnt);
 
+	/*
+	 * 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.
+	 */
+	if (hw == NULL)
+		return;
+
 	/* Filter could be removed if MAC address was changed */
 	ixl_add_filter(vsi, hw->mac.addr, IXL_VLAN_ANY);