diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index dd630b6bc74bd41cf698ae6c75990386a18c218e..1641145e92924fec8503ff515e25d4cad4098d45 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ enum i40e_filter_state {
 	I40E_FILTER_ACTIVE,		/* Added to switch by FW */
 	I40E_FILTER_FAILED,		/* Rejected by FW */
 	I40E_FILTER_REMOVE,		/* To be removed */
+	I40E_FILTER_NEW_SYNC,		/* New, not sent yet, is in i40e_sync_vsi_filters() */
 /* There is no 'removed' state; the filter struct is freed */
 };
 struct i40e_mac_filter {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
index 8bcf5902babf7b32b14f2658ba713894498b9f7a..66eacbf48d66cb36d7ed124cf971c4c438586512 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static char *i40e_filter_state_string[] = {
 	"ACTIVE",
 	"FAILED",
 	"REMOVE",
+	"NEW_SYNC",
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 35a903f6df21513605ec2f0ab3722fb88a93b778..00b6028c9d34dd3bfd564c43e5c68843bd72397b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -1232,6 +1232,7 @@ int i40e_count_filters(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 
 	hash_for_each_safe(vsi->mac_filter_hash, bkt, h, f, hlist) {
 		if (f->state == I40E_FILTER_NEW ||
+		    f->state == I40E_FILTER_NEW_SYNC ||
 		    f->state == I40E_FILTER_ACTIVE)
 			++cnt;
 	}
@@ -1418,6 +1419,8 @@ static int i40e_correct_mac_vlan_filters(struct i40e_vsi *vsi,
 
 			new->f = add_head;
 			new->state = add_head->state;
+			if (add_head->state == I40E_FILTER_NEW)
+				add_head->state = I40E_FILTER_NEW_SYNC;
 
 			/* Add the new filter to the tmp list */
 			hlist_add_head(&new->hlist, tmp_add_list);
@@ -2307,7 +2310,8 @@ static i40e_status
 i40e_aqc_broadcast_filter(struct i40e_vsi *vsi, const char *vsi_name,
 			  struct i40e_mac_filter *f)
 {
-	bool enable = f->state == I40E_FILTER_NEW;
+	bool enable = f->state == I40E_FILTER_NEW ||
+		      f->state == I40E_FILTER_NEW_SYNC;
 	struct i40e_hw *hw = &vsi->back->hw;
 	i40e_status aq_ret;
 
@@ -2481,6 +2485,7 @@ int i40e_sync_vsi_filters(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 
 				/* Add it to the hash list */
 				hlist_add_head(&new->hlist, &tmp_add_list);
+				f->state = I40E_FILTER_NEW_SYNC;
 			}
 
 			/* Count the number of active (current and new) VLAN
@@ -2628,7 +2633,8 @@ int i40e_sync_vsi_filters(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 		spin_lock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock);
 		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(new, h, &tmp_add_list, hlist) {
 			/* Only update the state if we're still NEW */
-			if (new->f->state == I40E_FILTER_NEW)
+			if (new->f->state == I40E_FILTER_NEW ||
+			    new->f->state == I40E_FILTER_NEW_SYNC)
 				new->f->state = new->state;
 			hlist_del(&new->hlist);
 			netdev_hw_addr_refcnt(new->f, vsi->netdev, -1);