diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 67006431726aa0..344912957cabb8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -8559,6 +8559,7 @@ static int i40e_sw_init(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 			     I40E_FLAG_OUTER_UDP_CSUM_CAPABLE |
 			     I40E_FLAG_WB_ON_ITR_CAPABLE |
 			     I40E_FLAG_MULTIPLE_TCP_UDP_RSS_PCTYPE |
+			     I40E_FLAG_NO_PCI_LINK_CHECK |
 			     I40E_FLAG_100M_SGMII_CAPABLE |
 			     I40E_FLAG_USE_SET_LLDP_MIB |
 			     I40E_FLAG_GENEVE_OFFLOAD_CAPABLE;