diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
index 9e08db376d3d..31af378aa0e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
@@ -3031,6 +3031,10 @@ ice_vsi_realloc_stat_arrays(struct ice_vsi *vsi)
 	u16 prev_rxq = vsi->alloc_rxq;
 	int i;
 
+	/* channel VSIs have no entry in pf->vsi_stats[] */
+	if (vsi->type == ICE_VSI_CHNL)
+		return 0;
+
 	vsi_stat = pf->vsi_stats[vsi->idx];
 
 	if (req_txq < prev_txq) {