diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index b203465357afb..398fb4854cbe0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -4468,13 +4468,11 @@ int i40e_ndo_set_vf_port_vlan(struct net_device *netdev, int vf_id,
 	}
 
 	vf = &pf->vf[vf_id];
-	vsi = pf->vsi[vf->lan_vsi_idx];
-	if (!test_bit(I40E_VF_STATE_INIT, &vf->vf_states)) {
-		dev_err(&pf->pdev->dev, "VF %d still in reset. Try again.\n",
-			vf_id);
+	if (!i40e_check_vf_init_timeout(vf)) {
 		ret = -EAGAIN;
 		goto error_pvid;
 	}
+	vsi = pf->vsi[vf->lan_vsi_idx];
 
 	if (le16_to_cpu(vsi->info.pvid) == vlanprio)
 		/* duplicate request, so just return success */
@@ -4618,13 +4616,11 @@ int i40e_ndo_set_vf_bw(struct net_device *netdev, int vf_id, int min_tx_rate,
 	}
 
 	vf = &pf->vf[vf_id];
-	vsi = pf->vsi[vf->lan_vsi_idx];
-	if (!test_bit(I40E_VF_STATE_INIT, &vf->vf_states)) {
-		dev_err(&pf->pdev->dev, "VF %d still in reset. Try again.\n",
-			vf_id);
+	if (!i40e_check_vf_init_timeout(vf)) {
 		ret = -EAGAIN;
 		goto error;
 	}
+	vsi = pf->vsi[vf->lan_vsi_idx];
 
 	ret = i40e_set_bw_limit(vsi, vsi->seid, max_tx_rate);
 	if (ret)
@@ -4791,9 +4787,7 @@ int i40e_ndo_set_vf_spoofchk(struct net_device *netdev, int vf_id, bool enable)
 	}
 
 	vf = &(pf->vf[vf_id]);
-	if (!test_bit(I40E_VF_STATE_INIT, &vf->vf_states)) {
-		dev_err(&pf->pdev->dev, "VF %d still in reset. Try again.\n",
-			vf_id);
+	if (!i40e_check_vf_init_timeout(vf)) {
 		ret = -EAGAIN;
 		goto out;
 	}