diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 3a961c9a4c..58a7303bf2 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ Patches have also been contributed by:
   J.B. Joret           <jb@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
   Stefan Hajnoczi      <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
   Gene Czarcinski      <gene@czarc.net>
+  Nishank Trivedi      <nistrive@cisco.com>
 
   [....send patches to get your name here....]
 
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c b/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c
index 52133782fd..fbbdde91ac 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevvportprofile.c
@@ -1235,7 +1235,8 @@ virNetDevVPortProfileDisassociate(const char *macvtap_ifname,
         /* avoid disassociating twice */
         if (vmOp == VIR_NETDEV_VPORT_PROFILE_OP_MIGRATE_IN_FINISH)
             break;
-        ignore_value(virNetDevSetOnline(linkdev, false));
+        if (vf < 0)
+            ignore_value(virNetDevSetOnline(linkdev, false));
         rc = virNetDevVPortProfileOp8021Qbh(linkdev, macvtap_macaddr, vf,
                                             virtPort, NULL,
                                             VIR_NETDEV_VPORT_PROFILE_LINK_OP_DISASSOCIATE);