* associated to the queue to schedule NAPI handler
         */
        q_vector = ring->q_vector;
-       if (q_vector)
+       if (q_vector && !(vsi->vf && ice_is_vf_disabled(vsi->vf)))
                ice_trigger_sw_intr(hw, q_vector);
 
        status = ice_dis_vsi_txq(vsi->port_info, txq_meta->vsi_idx,
 
        return ice_vsi_stop_tx_rings(vsi, ICE_NO_RESET, 0, vsi->xdp_rings, vsi->num_xdp_txq);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ice_vsi_is_rx_queue_active
+ * @vsi: the VSI being configured
+ *
+ * Return true if at least one queue is active.
+ */
+bool ice_vsi_is_rx_queue_active(struct ice_vsi *vsi)
+{
+       struct ice_pf *pf = vsi->back;
+       struct ice_hw *hw = &pf->hw;
+       int i;
+
+       ice_for_each_rxq(vsi, i) {
+               u32 rx_reg;
+               int pf_q;
+
+               pf_q = vsi->rxq_map[i];
+               rx_reg = rd32(hw, QRX_CTRL(pf_q));
+               if (rx_reg & QRX_CTRL_QENA_STAT_M)
+                       return true;
+       }
+
+       return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * ice_vsi_is_vlan_pruning_ena - check if VLAN pruning is enabled or not
  * @vsi: VSI to check whether or not VLAN pruning is enabled.
 
 bool ice_is_feature_supported(struct ice_pf *pf, enum ice_feature f);
 void ice_clear_feature_support(struct ice_pf *pf, enum ice_feature f);
 void ice_init_feature_support(struct ice_pf *pf);
+bool ice_vsi_is_rx_queue_active(struct ice_vsi *vsi);
 #endif /* !_ICE_LIB_H_ */
 
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
                ice_vsi_stop_lan_tx_rings(vsi, ICE_NO_RESET, vf->vf_id);
-               ice_vsi_stop_all_rx_rings(vsi);
+
+               if (ice_vsi_is_rx_queue_active(vsi))
+                       ice_vsi_stop_all_rx_rings(vsi);
+
                dev_dbg(dev, "VF is already disabled, there is no need for resetting it, telling VM, all is fine %d\n",
                        vf->vf_id);
                return 0;