diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c
index 41a12df725b3ba751ce605fab72ea10a271f3126..b4b1e440fba46c09c1950bfe69dee6edfa99edfb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.c
@@ -7096,6 +7096,7 @@ int hclge_vport_start(struct hclge_vport *vport)
 	struct hclge_dev *hdev = vport->back;
 
 	vport->last_active_jiffies = jiffies;
+	set_bit(HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_START, &vport->state);
 	set_bit(HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_ALIVE, &vport->state);
 
 	if (test_bit(vport->vport_id, hdev->vport_config_block)) {
@@ -7113,6 +7114,7 @@ int hclge_vport_start(struct hclge_vport *vport)
 
 void hclge_vport_stop(struct hclge_vport *vport)
 {
+	clear_bit(HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_START, &vport->state);
 	clear_bit(HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_ALIVE, &vport->state);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.h
index 8477dc343a402cc3e04bccac527bb7f2b8f80c6e..99a55fa74cd41d1a24c96b0c41c8413f2abad705 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_main.h
@@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ enum HCLGE_VPORT_STATE {
 	HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_MAC_TBL_CHANGE,
 	HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_PROMISC_CHANGE,
 	HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_VLAN_FLTR_CHANGE,
+	HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_START,
 	HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_mbx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_mbx.c
index 45f94cd33524b15c1f8518a703a18f4d0a9e73c5..893f6e0ce4731313367c08e916a551dfe015f434 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_mbx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3pf/hclge_mbx.c
@@ -644,7 +644,8 @@ static void hclge_vf_keep_alive(struct hclge_vport *vport)
 
 	vport->last_active_jiffies = jiffies;
 
-	if (!test_bit(HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_ALIVE, &vport->state)) {
+	if (test_bit(HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_START, &vport->state) &&
+	    !test_bit(HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_ALIVE, &vport->state)) {
 		set_bit(HCLGE_VPORT_STATE_ALIVE, &vport->state);
 
 		dev_info(&hdev->pdev->dev, "VF %u keep alive resume!",