bnxt_hwrm_vnic_set_rss(bp, i, false);
 }
 
-static void bnxt_hwrm_resource_free(struct bnxt *bp, bool close_path,
-                                   bool irq_re_init)
+static void bnxt_clear_vnic(struct bnxt *bp)
 {
-       if (bp->vnic_info) {
-               bnxt_hwrm_clear_vnic_filter(bp);
+       if (!bp->vnic_info)
+               return;
+
+       bnxt_hwrm_clear_vnic_filter(bp);
+       if (!(bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_CHIP_P5)) {
                /* clear all RSS setting before free vnic ctx */
                bnxt_hwrm_clear_vnic_rss(bp);
                bnxt_hwrm_vnic_ctx_free(bp);
-               /* before free the vnic, undo the vnic tpa settings */
-               if (bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_TPA)
-                       bnxt_set_tpa(bp, false);
-               bnxt_hwrm_vnic_free(bp);
        }
+       /* before free the vnic, undo the vnic tpa settings */
+       if (bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_TPA)
+               bnxt_set_tpa(bp, false);
+       bnxt_hwrm_vnic_free(bp);
+       if (bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_CHIP_P5)
+               bnxt_hwrm_vnic_ctx_free(bp);
+}
+
+static void bnxt_hwrm_resource_free(struct bnxt *bp, bool close_path,
+                                   bool irq_re_init)
+{
+       bnxt_clear_vnic(bp);
        bnxt_hwrm_ring_free(bp, close_path);
        bnxt_hwrm_ring_grp_free(bp);
        if (irq_re_init) {