goto error_alloc_vsi_res;
        }
        if (type == I40E_VSI_SRIOV) {
-               u8 brdcast[ETH_ALEN] = {0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff};
-
                vf->lan_vsi_idx = vsi->idx;
                vf->lan_vsi_id = vsi->id;
                /* If the port VLAN has been configured and then the
                                         "Could not add MAC filter %pM for VF %d\n",
                                        vf->default_lan_addr.addr, vf->vf_id);
                }
-               f = i40e_add_filter(vsi, brdcast,
-                                   vf->port_vlan_id ? vf->port_vlan_id : -1,
-                                   true, false);
-               if (!f)
-                       dev_info(&pf->pdev->dev,
-                                "Could not allocate VF broadcast filter\n");
                spin_unlock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_list_lock);
        }