return err;
 
        if (is_valid_ether_addr(mac)) {
-               memcpy(pp->vf_mac, mac, ETH_ALEN);
-               return 0;
+               if (vf == PORT_SELF_VF) {
+                       memcpy(pp->vf_mac, mac, ETH_ALEN);
+                       return 0;
+               } else {
+                       /*
+                        * For sriov vf's set the mac in hw
+                        */
+                       ENIC_DEVCMD_PROXY_BY_INDEX(vf, err, enic,
+                               vnic_dev_set_mac_addr, mac);
+                       return enic_dev_status_to_errno(err);
+               }
        } else
                return -EINVAL;
 }
                        nla_data(port[IFLA_PORT_HOST_UUID]), PORT_UUID_MAX);
        }
 
-       /* Special case handling: mac came from IFLA_VF_MAC */
-       if (!is_zero_ether_addr(prev_pp.vf_mac))
-               memcpy(pp->mac_addr, prev_pp.vf_mac, ETH_ALEN);
+       if (vf == PORT_SELF_VF) {
+               /* Special case handling: mac came from IFLA_VF_MAC */
+               if (!is_zero_ether_addr(prev_pp.vf_mac))
+                       memcpy(pp->mac_addr, prev_pp.vf_mac, ETH_ALEN);
 
-       if (vf == PORT_SELF_VF && is_zero_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr))
-               eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
+               if (is_zero_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr))
+                       eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
+       } else {
+               /* SR-IOV VF: get mac from adapter */
+               ENIC_DEVCMD_PROXY_BY_INDEX(vf, err, enic,
+                       vnic_dev_get_mac_addr, pp->mac_addr);
+               if (err) {
+                       netdev_err(netdev, "Error getting mac for vf %d\n", vf);
+                       memcpy(pp, &prev_pp, sizeof(*pp));
+                       return enic_dev_status_to_errno(err);
+               }
+       }
 
        err = enic_process_set_pp_request(enic, vf, &prev_pp, &restore_pp);
        if (err) {
                }
        }
 
-       memset(pp->vf_mac, 0, ETH_ALEN);
+       if (vf == PORT_SELF_VF)
+               memset(pp->vf_mac, 0, ETH_ALEN);
 
        return err;
 }