diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c
index 7a5dcbfeb693..2d687bb8c3a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf.c
@@ -872,18 +872,9 @@ static int enetc_pf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	pf->si = si;
 	pf->ops = &enetc_pf_ops;
 
-	pf->total_vfs = pci_sriov_get_totalvfs(pdev);
-	if (pf->total_vfs) {
-		pf->vf_state = kzalloc_objs(struct enetc_vf_state,
-					    pf->total_vfs);
-		if (!pf->vf_state) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto err_alloc_vf_state;
-		}
-
-		for (int i = 0; i < pf->total_vfs; i++)
-			mutex_init(&pf->vf_state[i].lock);
-	}
+	err = enetc_init_sriov_resources(pf);
+	if (err)
+		goto err_init_sriov_resources;
 
 	err = enetc_setup_mac_addresses(node, pf);
 	if (err)
@@ -961,8 +952,7 @@ static int enetc_pf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	free_netdev(ndev);
 err_alloc_netdev:
 err_setup_mac_addresses:
-	kfree(pf->vf_state);
-err_alloc_vf_state:
+err_init_sriov_resources:
 	enetc_psi_destroy(pdev);
 err_psi_create:
 	return err;
@@ -989,8 +979,6 @@ static void enetc_pf_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	enetc_free_si_resources(priv);
 
 	free_netdev(si->ndev);
-	kfree(pf->vf_state);
-
 	enetc_psi_destroy(pdev);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf_common.c
index c30b5f71efd5..c423eed6bc78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf_common.c
@@ -435,5 +435,26 @@ int enetc_vlan_rx_del_vid(struct net_device *ndev, __be16 prot, u16 vid)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(enetc_vlan_rx_del_vid);
 
+int enetc_init_sriov_resources(struct enetc_pf *pf)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &pf->si->pdev->dev;
+
+	pf->total_vfs = pci_sriov_get_totalvfs(pf->si->pdev);
+	if (!pf->total_vfs)
+		return 0;
+
+	pf->vf_state = devm_kcalloc(dev, pf->total_vfs,
+				    sizeof(struct enetc_vf_state),
+				    GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pf->vf_state)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < pf->total_vfs; i++)
+		mutex_init(&pf->vf_state[i].lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(enetc_init_sriov_resources);
+
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("NXP ENETC PF common functionality driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf_common.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf_common.h
index c9b3512d4e2f..57d2e0ebd2b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_pf_common.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ void enetc_phylink_destroy(struct enetc_ndev_priv *priv);
 void enetc_set_default_rss_key(struct enetc_pf *pf);
 int enetc_vlan_rx_add_vid(struct net_device *ndev, __be16 prot, u16 vid);
 int enetc_vlan_rx_del_vid(struct net_device *ndev, __be16 prot, u16 vid);
+int enetc_init_sriov_resources(struct enetc_pf *pf);
 
 static inline u16 enetc_get_ip_revision(struct enetc_hw *hw)
 {