diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c b/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c
index f9c0044c6442..bae518ff6234 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/ifcvf/ifcvf_main.c
@@ -69,10 +69,9 @@ static void ifcvf_free_irq_vectors(void *data)
 	pci_free_irq_vectors(data);
 }
 
-static void ifcvf_free_per_vq_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static void ifcvf_free_per_vq_irq(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
-	struct ifcvf_hw *vf = &adapter->vf;
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = vf->pdev;
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < vf->nr_vring; i++) {
@@ -83,10 +82,9 @@ static void ifcvf_free_per_vq_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
 	}
 }
 
-static void ifcvf_free_vqs_reused_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static void ifcvf_free_vqs_reused_irq(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
-	struct ifcvf_hw *vf = &adapter->vf;
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = vf->pdev;
 
 	if (vf->vqs_reused_irq != -EINVAL) {
 		devm_free_irq(&pdev->dev, vf->vqs_reused_irq, vf);
@@ -95,20 +93,18 @@ static void ifcvf_free_vqs_reused_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
 
 }
 
-static void ifcvf_free_vq_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static void ifcvf_free_vq_irq(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct ifcvf_hw *vf = &adapter->vf;
 
 	if (vf->msix_vector_status == MSIX_VECTOR_PER_VQ_AND_CONFIG)
-		ifcvf_free_per_vq_irq(adapter);
+		ifcvf_free_per_vq_irq(vf);
 	else
-		ifcvf_free_vqs_reused_irq(adapter);
+		ifcvf_free_vqs_reused_irq(vf);
 }
 
-static void ifcvf_free_config_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static void ifcvf_free_config_irq(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
-	struct ifcvf_hw *vf = &adapter->vf;
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = vf->pdev;
 
 	if (vf->config_irq == -EINVAL)
 		return;
@@ -123,12 +119,12 @@ static void ifcvf_free_config_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
 	}
 }
 
-static void ifcvf_free_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static void ifcvf_free_irq(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = vf->pdev;
 
-	ifcvf_free_vq_irq(adapter);
-	ifcvf_free_config_irq(adapter);
+	ifcvf_free_vq_irq(vf);
+	ifcvf_free_config_irq(vf);
 	ifcvf_free_irq_vectors(pdev);
 }
 
@@ -137,10 +133,9 @@ static void ifcvf_free_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
  * It returns the number of allocated vectors, negative
  * return value when fails.
  */
-static int ifcvf_alloc_vectors(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static int ifcvf_alloc_vectors(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
-	struct ifcvf_hw *vf = &adapter->vf;
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = vf->pdev;
 	int max_intr, ret;
 
 	/* all queues and config interrupt  */
@@ -160,10 +155,9 @@ static int ifcvf_alloc_vectors(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ifcvf_request_per_vq_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static int ifcvf_request_per_vq_irq(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
-	struct ifcvf_hw *vf = &adapter->vf;
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = vf->pdev;
 	int i, vector, ret, irq;
 
 	vf->vqs_reused_irq = -EINVAL;
@@ -190,15 +184,14 @@ static int ifcvf_request_per_vq_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
 
 	return 0;
 err:
-	ifcvf_free_irq(adapter);
+	ifcvf_free_irq(vf);
 
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-static int ifcvf_request_vqs_reused_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static int ifcvf_request_vqs_reused_irq(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
-	struct ifcvf_hw *vf = &adapter->vf;
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = vf->pdev;
 	int i, vector, ret, irq;
 
 	vector = 0;
@@ -224,15 +217,14 @@ static int ifcvf_request_vqs_reused_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
 
 	return 0;
 err:
-	ifcvf_free_irq(adapter);
+	ifcvf_free_irq(vf);
 
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-static int ifcvf_request_dev_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static int ifcvf_request_dev_irq(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
-	struct ifcvf_hw *vf = &adapter->vf;
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = vf->pdev;
 	int i, vector, ret, irq;
 
 	vector = 0;
@@ -265,29 +257,27 @@ static int ifcvf_request_dev_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
 
 	return 0;
 err:
-	ifcvf_free_irq(adapter);
+	ifcvf_free_irq(vf);
 
 	return -EFAULT;
 
 }
 
-static int ifcvf_request_vq_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static int ifcvf_request_vq_irq(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct ifcvf_hw *vf = &adapter->vf;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (vf->msix_vector_status == MSIX_VECTOR_PER_VQ_AND_CONFIG)
-		ret = ifcvf_request_per_vq_irq(adapter);
+		ret = ifcvf_request_per_vq_irq(vf);
 	else
-		ret = ifcvf_request_vqs_reused_irq(adapter);
+		ret = ifcvf_request_vqs_reused_irq(vf);
 
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int ifcvf_request_config_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static int ifcvf_request_config_irq(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct pci_dev *pdev = adapter->pdev;
-	struct ifcvf_hw *vf = &adapter->vf;
+	struct pci_dev *pdev = vf->pdev;
 	int config_vector, ret;
 
 	if (vf->msix_vector_status == MSIX_VECTOR_PER_VQ_AND_CONFIG)
@@ -320,17 +310,16 @@ static int ifcvf_request_config_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
 
 	return 0;
 err:
-	ifcvf_free_irq(adapter);
+	ifcvf_free_irq(vf);
 
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-static int ifcvf_request_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
+static int ifcvf_request_irq(struct ifcvf_hw *vf)
 {
-	struct ifcvf_hw *vf = &adapter->vf;
 	int nvectors, ret, max_intr;
 
-	nvectors = ifcvf_alloc_vectors(adapter);
+	nvectors = ifcvf_alloc_vectors(vf);
 	if (nvectors <= 0)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
@@ -341,16 +330,16 @@ static int ifcvf_request_irq(struct ifcvf_adapter *adapter)
 
 	if (nvectors == 1) {
 		vf->msix_vector_status = MSIX_VECTOR_DEV_SHARED;
-		ret = ifcvf_request_dev_irq(adapter);
+		ret = ifcvf_request_dev_irq(vf);
 
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	ret = ifcvf_request_vq_irq(adapter);
+	ret = ifcvf_request_vq_irq(vf);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = ifcvf_request_config_irq(adapter);
+	ret = ifcvf_request_config_irq(vf);
 
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -479,7 +468,7 @@ static void ifcvf_vdpa_set_status(struct vdpa_device *vdpa_dev, u8 status)
 
 	if ((status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK) &&
 	    !(status_old & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK)) {
-		ret = ifcvf_request_irq(adapter);
+		ret = ifcvf_request_irq(vf);
 		if (ret) {
 			status = ifcvf_get_status(vf);
 			status |= VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FAILED;
@@ -511,7 +500,7 @@ static int ifcvf_vdpa_reset(struct vdpa_device *vdpa_dev)
 
 	if (status_old & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK) {
 		ifcvf_stop_datapath(adapter);
-		ifcvf_free_irq(adapter);
+		ifcvf_free_irq(vf);
 	}
 
 	ifcvf_reset_vring(adapter);
