diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 6a812eeaba8d..ebe18276cea1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static inline bool i40e_vc_isvalid_vsi_id(struct i40e_vf *vf, u16 vsi_id)
  * check for the valid queue id
  **/
 static inline bool i40e_vc_isvalid_queue_id(struct i40e_vf *vf, u16 vsi_id,
-					    u8 qid)
+					    u16 qid)
 {
 	struct i40e_pf *pf = vf->pf;
 	struct i40e_vsi *vsi = i40e_find_vsi_from_id(pf, vsi_id);
@@ -3421,7 +3421,7 @@ static int i40e_vc_add_cloud_filter(struct i40e_vf *vf, u8 *msg)
 
 	if (!test_bit(I40E_VF_STATE_ACTIVE, &vf->vf_states)) {
 		aq_ret = I40E_ERR_PARAM;
-		goto err;
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	if (!vf->adq_enabled) {
@@ -3429,7 +3429,7 @@ static int i40e_vc_add_cloud_filter(struct i40e_vf *vf, u8 *msg)
 			 "VF %d: ADq is not enabled, can't apply cloud filter\n",
 			 vf->vf_id);
 		aq_ret = I40E_ERR_PARAM;
-		goto err;
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	if (i40e_validate_cloud_filter(vf, vcf)) {
@@ -3437,7 +3437,7 @@ static int i40e_vc_add_cloud_filter(struct i40e_vf *vf, u8 *msg)
 			 "VF %d: Invalid input/s, can't apply cloud filter\n",
 			 vf->vf_id);
 		aq_ret = I40E_ERR_PARAM;
-		goto err;
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	cfilter = kzalloc(sizeof(*cfilter), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -3498,13 +3498,17 @@ static int i40e_vc_add_cloud_filter(struct i40e_vf *vf, u8 *msg)
 			"VF %d: Failed to add cloud filter, err %s aq_err %s\n",
 			vf->vf_id, i40e_stat_str(&pf->hw, ret),
 			i40e_aq_str(&pf->hw, pf->hw.aq.asq_last_status));
-		goto err;
+		goto err_free;
 	}
 
 	INIT_HLIST_NODE(&cfilter->cloud_node);
 	hlist_add_head(&cfilter->cloud_node, &vf->cloud_filter_list);
+	/* release the pointer passing it to the collection */
+	cfilter = NULL;
 	vf->num_cloud_filters++;
-err:
+err_free:
+	kfree(cfilter);
+err_out:
 	return i40e_vc_send_resp_to_vf(vf, VIRTCHNL_OP_ADD_CLOUD_FILTER,
 				       aq_ret);
 }