diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build b/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build
index f5fc5a17e0..ce3cc658e9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/meson.build
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ includes += include_directories('base')
 if arch_subdir == 'x86'
 	sources += files('i40e_rxtx_vec_sse.c')
 
+	if is_windows and cc.get_id() != 'clang'
+		cflags += ['-fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables']
+	endif
+
 	# compile AVX2 version if either:
 	# a. we have AVX supported in minimum instruction set baseline
 	# b. it's not minimum instruction set, but supported by compiler
@@ -54,10 +58,6 @@ if arch_subdir == 'x86'
 		cc.has_argument('-mavx512f') and
 		cc.has_argument('-mavx512bw'))
 
-	if is_windows and cc.get_id() != 'clang'
-		i40e_avx512_cc_support = false
-	endif
-
 	if i40e_avx512_cpu_support == true or i40e_avx512_cc_support == true
 		cflags += ['-DCC_AVX512_SUPPORT']
 		avx512_args = [cflags, '-mavx512f', '-mavx512bw']