diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
index a47594603d69c75e0e91d0c5a8cd2683e0e852d4..98791ba572110cfdf11992f6e5ea24376fdcb0fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
@@ -3313,8 +3313,10 @@ static void i40e_parse_discover_capabilities(struct i40e_hw *hw, void *buff,
 	/* partition id is 1-based, and functions are evenly spread
 	 * across the ports as partitions
 	 */
-	hw->partition_id = (hw->pf_id / hw->num_ports) + 1;
-	hw->num_partitions = num_functions / hw->num_ports;
+	if (hw->num_ports != 0) {
+		hw->partition_id = (hw->pf_id / hw->num_ports) + 1;
+		hw->num_partitions = num_functions / hw->num_ports;
+	}
 
 	/* additional HW specific goodies that might
 	 * someday be HW version specific