diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
index 529ff4a955..fcea8151bf 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ For more detail on SR-IOV, please refer to the following documents:
     assignment in hypervisor. Take qemu for example, the device assignment should carry the IAVF device id (0x1889) like
     ``-device vfio-pci,x-pci-device-id=0x1889,host=03:0a.0``.
 
+    Starting from DPDK 21.05, the default VF driver for Intel® 700 Series Ethernet Controller will be IAVF. No new feature
+    will be added into i40evf except bug fix until it's removed in DPDK 21.11. Between DPDK 21.05 and 21.11, by using the
+    ``devargs`` option ``driver=i40evf``, i40evf PMD still can be used on Intel® 700 Series Ethernet Controller, for example::
+
+    -a 81:02.0,driver=i40evf
+
     When IAVF is backed by an Intel® E810 device, the "Protocol Extraction" feature which is supported by ice PMD is also
     available for IAVF PMD. The same devargs with the same parameters can be applied to IAVF PMD, for detail please reference
     the section ``Protocol extraction for per queue`` of ice.rst.
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
index 2afc84c396..05ef276b21 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst
@@ -139,3 +139,11 @@ Deprecation Notices
 * cmdline: ``cmdline`` structure will be made opaque to hide platform-specific
   content. On Linux and FreeBSD, supported prior to DPDK 20.11,
   original structure will be kept until DPDK 21.11.
+
+* i40e: As there are both i40evf and iavf pmd, the functions of them are
+  duplicated. And now more and more advanced features are developed on iavf.
+  To keep consistent with kernel driver's name
+  (https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/970154/), i40evf is no need to maintain.
+  Starting from 21.05, the default VF driver of i40e will be iavf, but i40evf
+  can still be used if users specify the devarg "driver=i40evf". I40evf will
+  be deleted in DPDK 21.11.
diff --git a/drivers/common/iavf/iavf_devids.h b/drivers/common/iavf/iavf_devids.h
index 722c2e4f49..0f98375a09 100644
--- a/drivers/common/iavf/iavf_devids.h
+++ b/drivers/common/iavf/iavf_devids.h
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@
 #define IAVF_DEV_ID_VF_HV		0x1571
 #define IAVF_DEV_ID_ADAPTIVE_VF		0x1889
 #define IAVF_DEV_ID_X722_VF		0x37CD
+#define IAVF_DEV_ID_X722_A0_VF          0x374D
+
 
 #endif /* _IAVF_DEVIDS_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
index 0c9bd8d2c6..509c8f4e37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c
@@ -1656,9 +1656,53 @@ i40evf_dev_uninit(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+i40evf_check_driver_handler(__rte_unused const char *key,
+			    const char *value, __rte_unused void *opaque)
+{
+	if (strcmp(value, "i40evf"))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+i40evf_driver_selected(struct rte_devargs *devargs)
+{
+	struct rte_kvargs *kvlist;
+	const char *key = "driver";
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (devargs == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	kvlist = rte_kvargs_parse(devargs->args, NULL);
+	if (kvlist == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!rte_kvargs_count(kvlist, key))
+		goto exit;
+
+	/* i40evf driver selected when there's a key-value pair:
+	 * driver=i40evf
+	 */
+	if (rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, key,
+			       i40evf_check_driver_handler, NULL) < 0)
+		goto exit;
+
+	ret = 1;
+
+exit:
+	rte_kvargs_free(kvlist);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int eth_i40evf_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 	struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 {
+	if (!i40evf_driver_selected(pci_dev->device.devargs))
+		return 1;
+
 	return rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_probe(pci_dev,
 		sizeof(struct i40e_adapter), i40evf_dev_init);
 }
@@ -1681,6 +1725,7 @@ static struct rte_pci_driver rte_i40evf_pmd = {
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(net_i40e_vf, rte_i40evf_pmd);
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(net_i40e_vf, pci_id_i40evf_map);
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(net_i40e_vf, "* igb_uio | vfio-pci");
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(net_i40e_vf, "driver=i40evf");
 
 static int
 i40evf_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
index 51cad48069..f3d51327a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/iavf/iavf_ethdev.c
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ static int iavf_set_mc_addr_list(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 
 static const struct rte_pci_id pci_id_iavf_map[] = {
 	{ RTE_PCI_DEVICE(IAVF_INTEL_VENDOR_ID, IAVF_DEV_ID_ADAPTIVE_VF) },
+	{ RTE_PCI_DEVICE(IAVF_INTEL_VENDOR_ID, IAVF_DEV_ID_VF) },
+	{ RTE_PCI_DEVICE(IAVF_INTEL_VENDOR_ID, IAVF_DEV_ID_VF_HV) },
+	{ RTE_PCI_DEVICE(IAVF_INTEL_VENDOR_ID, IAVF_DEV_ID_X722_VF) },
+	{ RTE_PCI_DEVICE(IAVF_INTEL_VENDOR_ID, IAVF_DEV_ID_X722_A0_VF) },
 	{ .vendor_id = 0, /* sentinel */ },
 };
 
@@ -2323,10 +2327,59 @@ iavf_dcf_cap_selected(struct rte_devargs *devargs)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int
+iavf_drv_i40evf_check_handler(__rte_unused const char *key,
+			      const char *value, __rte_unused void *opaque)
+{
+	if (strcmp(value, "i40evf"))
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+iavf_drv_i40evf_selected(struct rte_devargs *devargs, uint16_t device_id)
+{
+	struct rte_kvargs *kvlist;
+	const char *key = "driver";
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (device_id != IAVF_DEV_ID_VF &&
+	    device_id != IAVF_DEV_ID_VF_HV &&
+	    device_id != IAVF_DEV_ID_X722_VF &&
+	    device_id != IAVF_DEV_ID_X722_A0_VF)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (devargs == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	kvlist = rte_kvargs_parse(devargs->args, NULL);
+	if (kvlist == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!rte_kvargs_count(kvlist, key))
+		goto exit;
+
+	/* i40evf driver selected when there's a key-value pair:
+	 * driver=i40evf
+	 */
+	if (rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, key,
+			       iavf_drv_i40evf_check_handler, NULL) < 0)
+		goto exit;
+
+	ret = 1;
+
+exit:
+	rte_kvargs_free(kvlist);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int eth_iavf_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 			     struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 {
-	if (iavf_dcf_cap_selected(pci_dev->device.devargs))
+	if (iavf_dcf_cap_selected(pci_dev->device.devargs) ||
+	    iavf_drv_i40evf_selected(pci_dev->device.devargs,
+				     pci_dev->id.device_id))
 		return 1;
 
 	return rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_probe(pci_dev,
@@ -2349,7 +2402,7 @@ static struct rte_pci_driver rte_iavf_pmd = {
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI(net_iavf, rte_iavf_pmd);
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PCI_TABLE(net_iavf, pci_id_iavf_map);
 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_KMOD_DEP(net_iavf, "* igb_uio | vfio-pci");
-RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(net_iavf, "cap=dcf");
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(net_iavf, "cap=dcf driver=i40evf");
 RTE_LOG_REGISTER(iavf_logtype_init, pmd.net.iavf.init, NOTICE);
 RTE_LOG_REGISTER(iavf_logtype_driver, pmd.net.iavf.driver, NOTICE);
 #ifdef RTE_ETHDEV_DEBUG_RX
