diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.h
index 867e5ff..a6fb700 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/pio.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _PIO_H
 #define _PIO_H
 /*
- * Copyright(c) 2015, 2016 Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright(c) 2015-2017 Intel Corporation.
  *
  * This file is provided under a dual BSD/GPLv2 license.  When using or
  * redistributing this file, you may do so under either license.
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@
 #define SC_USER   3	/* must be the last one: it may take all left */
 #define SC_MAX    4	/* count of send context types */
 
+/*
+ * SC_VNIC types are allocated (dynamically) from the user context pool,
+ * (SC_USER) and used by kernel driver as kernel contexts (SC_KERNEL).
+ */
+#define SC_VNIC   SC_MAX
+
 /* invalid send context index */
 #define INVALID_SCI 0xff