diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index fbb21ac06c98..5824d74bb8dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -12339,6 +12339,9 @@ static int i40e_config_netdev(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 	ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
 	ether_addr_copy(netdev->perm_addr, mac_addr);
 
+	/* i40iw_net_event() reads 16 bytes from neigh->primary_key */
+	netdev->neigh_priv_len = sizeof(u32) * 4;
+
 	netdev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
 	netdev->priv_flags |= IFF_SUPP_NOFCS;
 	/* Setup netdev TC information */