diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/meson.build b/drivers/net/nfp/meson.build
index b46ac2d40f..34f4054b3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/meson.build
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ sources = files(
         'nfp_net.c',
         'nfp_rxtx.c',
         'nfp_cpp_bridge.c',
+        'nfp_ethdev_vf.c',
 )
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev_vf.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev_vf.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..223142c0ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev_vf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,504 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2021 Netronome Systems, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Small portions derived from code Copyright(c) 2010-2015 Intel Corporation.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * vim:shiftwidth=8:noexpandtab
+ *
+ * @file dpdk/pmd/nfp_ethdev_vf.c
+ *
+ * Netronome vNIC  VF DPDK Poll-Mode Driver: Main entry point
+ */
+
+#include "nfpcore/nfp_mip.h"
+#include "nfpcore/nfp_rtsym.h"
+
+#include "nfp_net_pmd.h"
+#include "nfp_rxtx.h"
+#include "nfp_net_logs.h"
+#include "nfp_net_ctrl.h"
+
+static void nfp_netvf_read_mac(struct nfp_net_hw *hw);
+static int nfp_netvf_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
+static int nfp_netvf_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
+static int nfp_netvf_set_link_up(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
+static int nfp_netvf_set_link_down(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
+static int nfp_netvf_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
+static int nfp_netvf_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
+static int nfp_vf_pci_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
+static int eth_nfp_vf_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
+	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev);
+static int eth_nfp_vf_pci_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev);
+
+static void
+nfp_netvf_read_mac(struct nfp_net_hw *hw)
+{
+	uint32_t tmp;
+
+	tmp = rte_be_to_cpu_32(nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_MACADDR));
+	memcpy(&hw->mac_addr[0], &tmp, 4);
+
+	tmp = rte_be_to_cpu_32(nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_MACADDR + 4));
+	memcpy(&hw->mac_addr[4], &tmp, 2);
+}
+
+static int
+nfp_netvf_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev = RTE_ETH_DEV_TO_PCI(dev);
+	struct rte_intr_handle *intr_handle = &pci_dev->intr_handle;
+	uint32_t new_ctrl, update = 0;
+	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
+	struct rte_eth_conf *dev_conf;
+	struct rte_eth_rxmode *rxmode;
+	uint32_t intr_vector;
+	int ret;
+
+	hw = NFP_NET_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(dev->data->dev_private);
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "Start");
+
+	/* Disabling queues just in case... */
+	nfp_net_disable_queues(dev);
+
+	/* Enabling the required queues in the device */
+	nfp_net_enable_queues(dev);
+
+	/* check and configure queue intr-vector mapping */
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.intr_conf.rxq != 0) {
+		if (intr_handle->type == RTE_INTR_HANDLE_UIO) {
+			/*
+			 * Better not to share LSC with RX interrupts.
+			 * Unregistering LSC interrupt handler
+			 */
+			rte_intr_callback_unregister(&pci_dev->intr_handle,
+				nfp_net_dev_interrupt_handler, (void *)dev);
+
+			if (dev->data->nb_rx_queues > 1) {
+				PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "PMD rx interrupt only "
+					     "supports 1 queue with UIO");
+				return -EIO;
+			}
+		}
+		intr_vector = dev->data->nb_rx_queues;
+		if (rte_intr_efd_enable(intr_handle, intr_vector))
+			return -1;
+
+		nfp_configure_rx_interrupt(dev, intr_handle);
+		update = NFP_NET_CFG_UPDATE_MSIX;
+	}
+
+	rte_intr_enable(intr_handle);
+
+	new_ctrl = nfp_check_offloads(dev);
+
+	/* Writing configuration parameters in the device */
+	nfp_net_params_setup(hw);
+
+	dev_conf = &dev->data->dev_conf;
+	rxmode = &dev_conf->rxmode;
+
+	if (rxmode->mq_mode & ETH_MQ_RX_RSS) {
+		nfp_net_rss_config_default(dev);
+		update |= NFP_NET_CFG_UPDATE_RSS;
+		new_ctrl |= NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_RSS;
+	}
+
+	/* Enable device */
+	new_ctrl |= NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_ENABLE;
+
+	update |= NFP_NET_CFG_UPDATE_GEN | NFP_NET_CFG_UPDATE_RING;
+
+	if (hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_RINGCFG)
+		new_ctrl |= NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_RINGCFG;
+
+	nn_cfg_writel(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL, new_ctrl);
+	if (nfp_net_reconfig(hw, new_ctrl, update) < 0)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	/*
+	 * Allocating rte mbufs for configured rx queues.
+	 * This requires queues being enabled before
+	 */
+	if (nfp_net_rx_freelist_setup(dev) < 0) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	hw->ctrl = new_ctrl;
+
+	return 0;
+
+error:
+	/*
+	 * An error returned by this function should mean the app
+	 * exiting and then the system releasing all the memory
+	 * allocated even memory coming from hugepages.
+	 *
+	 * The device could be enabled at this point with some queues
+	 * ready for getting packets. This is true if the call to
+	 * nfp_net_rx_freelist_setup() succeeds for some queues but
+	 * fails for subsequent queues.
+	 *
+	 * This should make the app exiting but better if we tell the
+	 * device first.
+	 */
+	nfp_net_disable_queues(dev);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+nfp_netvf_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct nfp_net_txq *this_tx_q;
+	struct nfp_net_rxq *this_rx_q;
+	int i;
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "Stop");
+
+	nfp_net_disable_queues(dev);
+
+	/* Clear queues */
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_tx_queues; i++) {
+		this_tx_q = (struct nfp_net_txq *)dev->data->tx_queues[i];
+		nfp_net_reset_tx_queue(this_tx_q);
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_rx_queues; i++) {
+		this_rx_q = (struct nfp_net_rxq *)dev->data->rx_queues[i];
+		nfp_net_reset_rx_queue(this_rx_q);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+nfp_netvf_set_link_up(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused)
+{
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+/* Set the link down. */
+static int
+nfp_netvf_set_link_down(struct rte_eth_dev *dev __rte_unused)
+{
+	return -ENOTSUP;
+}
+
+/* Reset and stop device. The device can not be restarted. */
+static int
+nfp_netvf_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
+{
+	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev;
+	struct nfp_net_txq *this_tx_q;
+	struct nfp_net_rxq *this_rx_q;
+	int i;
+
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+		return 0;
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "Close");
+
+	pci_dev = RTE_ETH_DEV_TO_PCI(dev);
+
+	/*
+	 * We assume that the DPDK application is stopping all the
+	 * threads/queues before calling the device close function.
+	 */
+
+	nfp_net_disable_queues(dev);
+
+	/* Clear queues */
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_tx_queues; i++) {
+		this_tx_q =  (struct nfp_net_txq *)dev->data->tx_queues[i];
+		nfp_net_reset_tx_queue(this_tx_q);
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_rx_queues; i++) {
+		this_rx_q =  (struct nfp_net_rxq *)dev->data->rx_queues[i];
+		nfp_net_reset_rx_queue(this_rx_q);
+	}
+
+	rte_intr_disable(&pci_dev->intr_handle);
+
+	/* unregister callback func from eal lib */
+	rte_intr_callback_unregister(&pci_dev->intr_handle,
+				     nfp_net_dev_interrupt_handler,
+				     (void *)dev);
+
+	/*
+	 * The ixgbe PMD driver disables the pcie master on the
+	 * device. The i40e does not...
+	 */
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Initialise and register VF driver with DPDK Application */
+static const struct eth_dev_ops nfp_netvf_eth_dev_ops = {
+	.dev_configure		= nfp_net_configure,
+	.dev_start		= nfp_netvf_start,
+	.dev_stop		= nfp_netvf_stop,
+	.dev_set_link_up	= nfp_netvf_set_link_up,
+	.dev_set_link_down	= nfp_netvf_set_link_down,
+	.dev_close		= nfp_netvf_close,
+	.promiscuous_enable	= nfp_net_promisc_enable,
+	.promiscuous_disable	= nfp_net_promisc_disable,
+	.link_update		= nfp_net_link_update,
+	.stats_get		= nfp_net_stats_get,
+	.stats_reset		= nfp_net_stats_reset,
+	.dev_infos_get		= nfp_net_infos_get,
+	.dev_supported_ptypes_get = nfp_net_supported_ptypes_get,
+	.mtu_set		= nfp_net_dev_mtu_set,
+	.mac_addr_set           = nfp_set_mac_addr,
+	.vlan_offload_set	= nfp_net_vlan_offload_set,
+	.reta_update		= nfp_net_reta_update,
+	.reta_query		= nfp_net_reta_query,
+	.rss_hash_update	= nfp_net_rss_hash_update,
+	.rss_hash_conf_get	= nfp_net_rss_hash_conf_get,
+	.rx_queue_setup		= nfp_net_rx_queue_setup,
+	.rx_queue_release	= nfp_net_rx_queue_release,
+	.tx_queue_setup		= nfp_net_tx_queue_setup,
+	.tx_queue_release	= nfp_net_tx_queue_release,
+	.rx_queue_intr_enable   = nfp_rx_queue_intr_enable,
+	.rx_queue_intr_disable  = nfp_rx_queue_intr_disable,
+};
+
+static int
+nfp_netvf_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
+{
+	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev;
+	struct nfp_net_hw *hw;
+	struct rte_ether_addr *tmp_ether_addr;
+
+	uint64_t tx_bar_off = 0, rx_bar_off = 0;
+	uint32_t start_q;
+	int stride = 4;
+	int port = 0;
+	int err;
+
+	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
+
+	pci_dev = RTE_ETH_DEV_TO_PCI(eth_dev);
+
+	/* NFP can not handle DMA addresses requiring more than 40 bits */
+	if (rte_mem_check_dma_mask(40)) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, "device %s can not be used:",
+				   pci_dev->device.name);
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, PMD, "\trestricted dma mask to 40 bits!\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	};
+
+	hw = NFP_NET_DEV_PRIVATE_TO_HW(eth_dev->data->dev_private);
+
+	eth_dev->dev_ops = &nfp_netvf_eth_dev_ops;
+	eth_dev->rx_queue_count = nfp_net_rx_queue_count;
+	eth_dev->rx_pkt_burst = &nfp_net_recv_pkts;
+	eth_dev->tx_pkt_burst = &nfp_net_xmit_pkts;
+
+	/* For secondary processes, the primary has done all the work */
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() != RTE_PROC_PRIMARY)
+		return 0;
+
+	rte_eth_copy_pci_info(eth_dev, pci_dev);
+
+	hw->device_id = pci_dev->id.device_id;
+	hw->vendor_id = pci_dev->id.vendor_id;
+	hw->subsystem_device_id = pci_dev->id.subsystem_device_id;
+	hw->subsystem_vendor_id = pci_dev->id.subsystem_vendor_id;
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "nfp_net: device (%u:%u) %u:%u:%u:%u",
+		     pci_dev->id.vendor_id, pci_dev->id.device_id,
+		     pci_dev->addr.domain, pci_dev->addr.bus,
+		     pci_dev->addr.devid, pci_dev->addr.function);
+
+	hw->ctrl_bar = (uint8_t *)pci_dev->mem_resource[0].addr;
+	if (hw->ctrl_bar == NULL) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR,
+			"hw->ctrl_bar is NULL. BAR0 not configured");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "ctrl bar: %p", hw->ctrl_bar);
+
+	hw->max_rx_queues = nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_MAX_RXRINGS);
+	hw->max_tx_queues = nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_MAX_TXRINGS);
+
+	/* Work out where in the BAR the queues start. */
+	switch (pci_dev->id.device_id) {
+	case PCI_DEVICE_ID_NFP6000_VF_NIC:
+		start_q = nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_START_TXQ);
+		tx_bar_off = (uint64_t)start_q * NFP_QCP_QUEUE_ADDR_SZ;
+		start_q = nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_START_RXQ);
+		rx_bar_off = (uint64_t)start_q * NFP_QCP_QUEUE_ADDR_SZ;
+		break;
+	default:
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "nfp_net: no device ID matching");
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto dev_err_ctrl_map;
+	}
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "tx_bar_off: 0x%" PRIx64 "", tx_bar_off);
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "rx_bar_off: 0x%" PRIx64 "", rx_bar_off);
+
+	hw->tx_bar = (uint8_t *)pci_dev->mem_resource[2].addr +
+		     tx_bar_off;
+	hw->rx_bar = (uint8_t *)pci_dev->mem_resource[2].addr +
+		     rx_bar_off;
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(DEBUG, "ctrl_bar: %p, tx_bar: %p, rx_bar: %p",
+		     hw->ctrl_bar, hw->tx_bar, hw->rx_bar);
+
+	nfp_net_cfg_queue_setup(hw);
+
+	/* Get some of the read-only fields from the config BAR */
+	hw->ver = nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_VERSION);
+	hw->cap = nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_CAP);
+	hw->max_mtu = nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_MAX_MTU);
+	hw->mtu = RTE_ETHER_MTU;
+
+	/* VLAN insertion is incompatible with LSOv2 */
+	if (hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_LSO2)
+		hw->cap &= ~NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_TXVLAN;
+
+	if (NFD_CFG_MAJOR_VERSION_of(hw->ver) < 2)
+		hw->rx_offset = NFP_NET_RX_OFFSET;
+	else
+		hw->rx_offset = nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_RX_OFFSET_ADDR);
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "VER: %u.%u, Maximum supported MTU: %d",
+			   NFD_CFG_MAJOR_VERSION_of(hw->ver),
+			   NFD_CFG_MINOR_VERSION_of(hw->ver), hw->max_mtu);
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "CAP: %#x, %s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s", hw->cap,
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_PROMISC ? "PROMISC " : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_L2BC    ? "L2BCFILT " : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_L2MC    ? "L2MCFILT " : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_RXCSUM  ? "RXCSUM "  : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_TXCSUM  ? "TXCSUM "  : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_RXVLAN  ? "RXVLAN "  : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_TXVLAN  ? "TXVLAN "  : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_SCATTER ? "SCATTER " : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_GATHER  ? "GATHER "  : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_LIVE_ADDR ? "LIVE_ADDR "  : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_LSO     ? "TSO "     : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_LSO2     ? "TSOv2 "     : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_RSS     ? "RSS "     : "",
+		     hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_RSS2     ? "RSSv2 "     : "");
+
+	hw->ctrl = 0;
+
+	hw->stride_rx = stride;
+	hw->stride_tx = stride;
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "max_rx_queues: %u, max_tx_queues: %u",
+		     hw->max_rx_queues, hw->max_tx_queues);
+
+	/* Initializing spinlock for reconfigs */
+	rte_spinlock_init(&hw->reconfig_lock);
+
+	/* Allocating memory for mac addr */
+	eth_dev->data->mac_addrs = rte_zmalloc("mac_addr",
+					       RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN, 0);
+	if (eth_dev->data->mac_addrs == NULL) {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Failed to space for MAC address");
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto dev_err_queues_map;
+	}
+
+	nfp_netvf_read_mac(hw);
+
+	tmp_ether_addr = (struct rte_ether_addr *)&hw->mac_addr;
+	if (!rte_is_valid_assigned_ether_addr(tmp_ether_addr)) {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "Using random mac address for port %d",
+				   port);
+		/* Using random mac addresses for VFs */
+		rte_eth_random_addr(&hw->mac_addr[0]);
+		nfp_net_write_mac(hw, (uint8_t *)&hw->mac_addr);
+	}
+
+	/* Copying mac address to DPDK eth_dev struct */
+	rte_ether_addr_copy((struct rte_ether_addr *)hw->mac_addr,
+			&eth_dev->data->mac_addrs[0]);
+
+	if (!(hw->cap & NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_LIVE_ADDR))
+		eth_dev->data->dev_flags |= RTE_ETH_DEV_NOLIVE_MAC_ADDR;
+
+	eth_dev->data->dev_flags |= RTE_ETH_DEV_AUTOFILL_QUEUE_XSTATS;
+
+	PMD_INIT_LOG(INFO, "port %d VendorID=0x%x DeviceID=0x%x "
+		     "mac=%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x",
+		     eth_dev->data->port_id, pci_dev->id.vendor_id,
+		     pci_dev->id.device_id,
+		     hw->mac_addr[0], hw->mac_addr[1], hw->mac_addr[2],
+		     hw->mac_addr[3], hw->mac_addr[4], hw->mac_addr[5]);
+
+	if (rte_eal_process_type() == RTE_PROC_PRIMARY) {
+		/* Registering LSC interrupt handler */
+		rte_intr_callback_register(&pci_dev->intr_handle,
+					   nfp_net_dev_interrupt_handler,
+					   (void *)eth_dev);
+		/* Telling the firmware about the LSC interrupt entry */
+		nn_cfg_writeb(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_LSC, NFP_NET_IRQ_LSC_IDX);
+		/* Recording current stats counters values */
+		nfp_net_stats_reset(eth_dev);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+
+dev_err_queues_map:
+		nfp_cpp_area_free(hw->hwqueues_area);
+dev_err_ctrl_map:
+		nfp_cpp_area_free(hw->ctrl_area);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static const struct rte_pci_id pci_id_nfp_vf_net_map[] = {
+	{
+		RTE_PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_NETRONOME,
+			       PCI_DEVICE_ID_NFP6000_VF_NIC)
+	},
+	{
+		.vendor_id = 0,
+	},
+};
+
+static int nfp_vf_pci_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
+{
+	/* VF cleanup, just free private port data */
+	return nfp_netvf_close(eth_dev);
+}
+
+static int eth_nfp_vf_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
+	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
+{
+	return rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_probe(pci_dev,
+		sizeof(struct nfp_net_adapter), nfp_netvf_init);
+}
+
+static int eth_nfp_vf_pci_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
+{
+	return rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_remove(pci_dev, nfp_vf_pci_uninit);
+}
+
+static struct rte_pci_driver rte_nfp_net_vf_pmd = {
+	.id_table = pci_id_nfp_vf_net_map,
+	.drv_flags = RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING | RTE_PCI_DRV_INTR_LSC,
+	.probe = eth_nfp_vf_pci_probe,
+	.remove = eth_nfp_vf_pci_remove,
+};
+
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(net_nfp_vf, rte_nfp_net_vf_pmd);
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(net_nfp_vf, pci_id_nfp_vf_net_map);
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(net_nfp_vf, "* igb_uio | uio_pci_generic | vfio");
+/*
+ * Local variables:
+ * c-file-style: "Linux"
+ * indent-tabs-mode: t
+ * End:
+ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
index d42d267c6a..3c71b513ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/nfp/nfp_net.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static int nfp_net_close(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
 static int nfp_net_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
 static int nfp_pf_init(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev);
 static int nfp_pf_secondary_init(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev);
+static int nfp_net_pf_read_mac(struct nfp_pf_dev *pf_dev, int port);
 static int nfp_pci_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev);
 static int nfp_init_phyports(struct nfp_pf_dev *pf_dev);
 static int nfp_net_stop(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
@@ -285,18 +286,6 @@ nfp_net_pf_read_mac(struct nfp_pf_dev *pf_dev, int port)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void
-nfp_net_vf_read_mac(struct nfp_net_hw *hw)
-{
-	uint32_t tmp;
-
-	tmp = rte_be_to_cpu_32(nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_MACADDR));
-	memcpy(&hw->mac_addr[0], &tmp, 4);
-
-	tmp = rte_be_to_cpu_32(nn_cfg_readl(hw, NFP_NET_CFG_MACADDR + 4));
-	memcpy(&hw->mac_addr[4], &tmp, 2);
-}
-
 void
 nfp_net_write_mac(struct nfp_net_hw *hw, uint8_t *mac)
 {
@@ -1854,8 +1843,6 @@ nfp_net_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	if (hw->is_phyport) {
 		nfp_net_pf_read_mac(pf_dev, port);
 		nfp_net_write_mac(hw, (uint8_t *)&hw->mac_addr);
-	} else {
-		nfp_net_vf_read_mac(hw);
 	}
 
 	if (!rte_is_valid_assigned_ether_addr(
@@ -2337,16 +2324,6 @@ static const struct rte_pci_id pci_id_nfp_pf_net_map[] = {
 	},
 };
 
-static const struct rte_pci_id pci_id_nfp_vf_net_map[] = {
-	{
-		RTE_PCI_DEVICE(PCI_VENDOR_ID_NETRONOME,
-			       PCI_DEVICE_ID_NFP6000_VF_NIC)
-	},
-	{
-		.vendor_id = 0,
-	},
-};
-
 static int nfp_pci_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 {
 	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev;
@@ -2370,13 +2347,6 @@ static int nfp_pci_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	return nfp_net_close(eth_dev);
 }
 
-static int eth_nfp_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
-	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
-{
-	return rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_probe(pci_dev,
-		sizeof(struct nfp_net_adapter), nfp_net_init);
-}
-
 static int eth_nfp_pci_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 {
 	return rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_remove(pci_dev, nfp_pci_uninit);
@@ -2389,19 +2359,9 @@ static struct rte_pci_driver rte_nfp_net_pf_pmd = {
 	.remove = eth_nfp_pci_remove,
 };
 
-static struct rte_pci_driver rte_nfp_net_vf_pmd = {
-	.id_table = pci_id_nfp_vf_net_map,
-	.drv_flags = RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING | RTE_PCI_DRV_INTR_LSC,
-	.probe = eth_nfp_pci_probe,
-	.remove = eth_nfp_pci_remove,
-};
-
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(net_nfp_pf, rte_nfp_net_pf_pmd);
-RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(net_nfp_vf, rte_nfp_net_vf_pmd);
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(net_nfp_pf, pci_id_nfp_pf_net_map);
-RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(net_nfp_vf, pci_id_nfp_vf_net_map);
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(net_nfp_pf, "* igb_uio | uio_pci_generic | vfio");
-RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(net_nfp_vf, "* igb_uio | uio_pci_generic | vfio");
 RTE_LOG_REGISTER_SUFFIX(nfp_logtype_init, init, NOTICE);
 RTE_LOG_REGISTER_SUFFIX(nfp_logtype_driver, driver, NOTICE);
 /*
