diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 3e0d87e3ff3a..597f2092b597 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ static int i40e_config_vsi_rx_queue(struct i40e_vf *vf, u16 vsi_id,
 		rx_ctx.hbuff = info->hdr_size >> I40E_RXQ_CTX_HBUFF_SHIFT;
 
 		/* set splitalways mode 10b */
-		rx_ctx.dtype = 0x2;
+		rx_ctx.dtype = I40E_RX_DTYPE_HEADER_SPLIT;
 	}
 
 	/* databuffer length validation */