diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h
index aef0e9775a33..70dbf80f3bb7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ enum idpf_vport_state {
  * @vport_id: Vport identifier
  * @link_speed_mbps: Link speed in mbps
  * @vport_idx: Relative vport index
+ * @max_tx_hdr_size: Max header length hardware can support
  * @state: See enum idpf_vport_state
  * @netstats: Packet and byte stats
  * @stats_lock: Lock to protect stats update
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ struct idpf_netdev_priv {
 	u32 vport_id;
 	u32 link_speed_mbps;
 	u16 vport_idx;
+	u16 max_tx_hdr_size;
 	enum idpf_vport_state state;
 	struct rtnl_link_stats64 netstats;
 	spinlock_t stats_lock;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
index 5ce663d04de0..615e74d03845 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
@@ -723,6 +723,7 @@ static int idpf_cfg_netdev(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 		np->vport = vport;
 		np->vport_idx = vport->idx;
 		np->vport_id = vport->vport_id;
+		np->max_tx_hdr_size = idpf_get_max_tx_hdr_size(adapter);
 		vport->netdev = netdev;
 
 		return idpf_init_mac_addr(vport, netdev);
@@ -740,6 +741,7 @@ static int idpf_cfg_netdev(struct idpf_vport *vport)
 	np->adapter = adapter;
 	np->vport_idx = vport->idx;
 	np->vport_id = vport->vport_id;
+	np->max_tx_hdr_size = idpf_get_max_tx_hdr_size(adapter);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&np->stats_lock);
 
@@ -2189,8 +2191,8 @@ static netdev_features_t idpf_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					     struct net_device *netdev,
 					     netdev_features_t features)
 {
-	struct idpf_vport *vport = idpf_netdev_to_vport(netdev);
-	struct idpf_adapter *adapter = vport->adapter;
+	struct idpf_netdev_priv *np = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	u16 max_tx_hdr_size = np->max_tx_hdr_size;
 	size_t len;
 
 	/* No point in doing any of this if neither checksum nor GSO are
@@ -2213,7 +2215,7 @@ static netdev_features_t idpf_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto unsupported;
 
 	len = skb_network_header_len(skb);
-	if (unlikely(len > idpf_get_max_tx_hdr_size(adapter)))
+	if (unlikely(len > max_tx_hdr_size))
 		goto unsupported;
 
 	if (!skb->encapsulation)
@@ -2226,7 +2228,7 @@ static netdev_features_t idpf_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* IPLEN can support at most 127 dwords */
 	len = skb_inner_network_header_len(skb);
-	if (unlikely(len > idpf_get_max_tx_hdr_size(adapter)))
+	if (unlikely(len > max_tx_hdr_size))
 		goto unsupported;
 
 	/* No need to validate L4LEN as TCP is the only protocol with a