diff --git a/pkg/host/internal/sriov/sriov.go b/pkg/host/internal/sriov/sriov.go
index 64f1fa537..707434ea6 100644
--- a/pkg/host/internal/sriov/sriov.go
+++ b/pkg/host/internal/sriov/sriov.go
@@ -986,22 +986,30 @@ func (s *sriov) createVFs(iface *sriovnetworkv1.Interface) error {
 	return s.setEswitchModeAndNumVFs(iface.PciAddress, expectedEswitchMode, iface.NumVfs)
 }
 
-func (s *sriov) setEswitchMode(pciAddr, eswitchMode string) error {
-	log.Log.V(2).Info("setEswitchMode(): set eswitch mode", "device", pciAddr, "mode", eswitchMode)
-	if err := s.unbindAllVFsOnPF(pciAddr); err != nil {
-		log.Log.Error(err, "setEswitchMode(): failed to unbind VFs", "device", pciAddr, "mode", eswitchMode)
+func (s *sriov) setEswitchModeAndNumVFs(pciAddr string, desiredEswitchMode string, numVFs int) error {
+	pfDriverName, err := s.dputilsLib.GetDriverName(pciAddr)
+	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := s.SetNicSriovMode(pciAddr, eswitchMode); err != nil {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to switch NIC to SRIOV %s mode: %v", eswitchMode, err)
-		log.Log.Error(err, "setEswitchMode(): failed to set mode", "device", pciAddr, "mode", eswitchMode)
-		return err
+
+	type setEswitchModeAndNumVFsFn func(string, string, int) error
+
+	var setEswitchModeAndNumVFsByDriverName map[string]setEswitchModeAndNumVFsFn = map[string]setEswitchModeAndNumVFsFn{
+		"ice":       s.setEswitchModeAndNumVFsIce,
+		"mlx5_core": s.setEswitchModeAndNumVFsMlx,
 	}
-	return nil
+
+	fn, ok := setEswitchModeAndNumVFsByDriverName[pfDriverName]
+	if !ok {
+		// Fallback to mlx5 driver
+		fn = s.setEswitchModeAndNumVFsMlx
+	}
+
+	return fn(pciAddr, desiredEswitchMode, numVFs)
 }
 
-func (s *sriov) setEswitchModeAndNumVFs(pciAddr string, desiredEswitchMode string, numVFs int) error {
-	log.Log.V(2).Info("setEswitchModeAndNumVFs(): configure VFs for device",
+func (s *sriov) setEswitchModeAndNumVFsMlx(pciAddr string, desiredEswitchMode string, numVFs int) error {
+	log.Log.V(2).Info("setEswitchModeAndNumVFsMlx(): configure VFs for device",
 		"device", pciAddr, "count", numVFs, "mode", desiredEswitchMode)
 
 	// always switch NIC to the legacy mode before creating VFs. This is required because some drivers
@@ -1011,6 +1019,7 @@ func (s *sriov) setEswitchModeAndNumVFs(pciAddr string, desiredEswitchMode strin
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+
 	if err := s.SetSriovNumVfs(pciAddr, numVFs); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -1018,6 +1027,38 @@ func (s *sriov) setEswitchModeAndNumVFs(pciAddr string, desiredEswitchMode strin
 	if desiredEswitchMode == sriovnetworkv1.ESwithModeSwitchDev {
 		return s.setEswitchMode(pciAddr, sriovnetworkv1.ESwithModeSwitchDev)
 	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *sriov) setEswitchModeAndNumVFsIce(pciAddr string, desiredEswitchMode string, numVFs int) error {
+	log.Log.V(2).Info("setEswitchModeAndNumVFsIce(): configure VFs for device",
+		"device", pciAddr, "count", numVFs, "mode", desiredEswitchMode)
+
+	if desiredEswitchMode == sriovnetworkv1.ESwithModeSwitchDev {
+		if err := s.setEswitchMode(pciAddr, sriovnetworkv1.ESwithModeSwitchDev); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := s.SetSriovNumVfs(pciAddr, numVFs); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *sriov) setEswitchMode(pciAddr, eswitchMode string) error {
+	log.Log.V(2).Info("setEswitchMode(): set eswitch mode", "device", pciAddr, "mode", eswitchMode)
+	if err := s.unbindAllVFsOnPF(pciAddr); err != nil {
+		log.Log.Error(err, "setEswitchMode(): failed to unbind VFs", "device", pciAddr, "mode", eswitchMode)
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := s.SetNicSriovMode(pciAddr, eswitchMode); err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("failed to switch NIC to SRIOV %s mode: %v", eswitchMode, err)
+		log.Log.Error(err, "setEswitchMode(): failed to set mode", "device", pciAddr, "mode", eswitchMode)
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }