diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fc6ad26cd8a5..eff49d669ecc 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4cbdaf6d520b6bd9a1565525e5ad1967cb74e191
+refs/heads/master: 7c5a524221dc3cf599a6aa4773eb0c1e2ca38adb
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
index d266c86a53f7..5b622993ff17 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ static inline char *nic_name(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 #define MAX_RX_POST		BE_NAPI_WEIGHT /* Frags posted at a time */
 #define RX_FRAGS_REFILL_WM	(RX_Q_LEN - MAX_RX_POST)
 
+#define MAX_VFS			30 /* Max VFs supported by BE3 FW */
 #define FW_VER_LEN		32
 
 struct be_dma_mem {
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index d86d25cc33cf..def2f6688964 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -2723,6 +2723,8 @@ static int be_get_config(struct be_adapter *adapter)
 	if (pos) {
 		pci_read_config_word(adapter->pdev, pos + PCI_SRIOV_TOTAL_VF,
 				     &dev_num_vfs);
+		if (!lancer_chip(adapter))
+			dev_num_vfs = min_t(u16, dev_num_vfs, MAX_VFS);
 		adapter->dev_num_vfs = dev_num_vfs;
 	}
 	return 0;