diff --git a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
index 0a649c3d7f..29061f3d6a 100644
--- a/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/core/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -14086,7 +14086,8 @@ can_reapply_change(NMDevice   *self,
         return nm_device_hash_check_invalid_keys(diffs,
                                                  NM_SETTING_SRIOV_SETTING_NAME,
                                                  error,
-                                                 NM_SETTING_SRIOV_PRESERVE_ON_DOWN);
+                                                 NM_SETTING_SRIOV_PRESERVE_ON_DOWN,
+                                                 NM_SETTING_SRIOV_VFS);
     }
 
 out_fail:
@@ -14264,9 +14265,35 @@ check_and_reapply_connection(NMDevice            *self,
 
     nm_device_link_properties_set(self, TRUE);
 
-    if (priv->state >= NM_DEVICE_STATE_CONFIG)
+    if (priv->state >= NM_DEVICE_STATE_CONFIG) {
+        GHashTable *sriov_diff;
+
         lldp_setup(self, NM_TERNARY_DEFAULT);
 
+        sriov_diff = nm_g_hash_table_lookup(diffs, NM_SETTING_SRIOV_SETTING_NAME);
+
+        if (sriov_diff && nm_g_hash_table_lookup(sriov_diff, NM_SETTING_SRIOV_VFS)) {
+            nm_auto_freev NMPlatformVF **plat_vfs = NULL;
+            NMSettingSriov              *s_sriov;
+
+            s_sriov = (NMSettingSriov *) nm_connection_get_setting(applied, NM_TYPE_SETTING_SRIOV);
+
+            if (s_sriov) {
+                gs_free_error GError *local = NULL;
+
+                if (!sriov_gen_platform_vfs(self, s_sriov, &plat_vfs, &local)
+                    || !nm_platform_link_set_sriov_vfs(nm_device_get_platform(self),
+                                                       priv->ifindex,
+                                                       (const NMPlatformVF *const *) plat_vfs)) {
+                    _LOGE(LOGD_DEVICE,
+                          "failed to reapply SRIOV VFs%s%s",
+                          local ? ": " : "",
+                          local ? local->message : "");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     if (priv->state >= NM_DEVICE_STATE_IP_CONFIG) {
         /* Allow reapply of MTU */
         priv->mtu_source = NM_DEVICE_MTU_SOURCE_NONE;