diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index 14a778433522b259a32a020be979f79ab4fc39a2..82f2e963782b038521cdea865e7dd6e1714f7a95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -10034,8 +10034,12 @@ static void bnx2x_get_common_hwinfo(struct bnx2x *bp)
 	id = ((val & 0xffff) << 16);
 	val = REG_RD(bp, MISC_REG_CHIP_REV);
 	id |= ((val & 0xf) << 12);
-	val = REG_RD(bp, MISC_REG_CHIP_METAL);
-	id |= ((val & 0xff) << 4);
+
+	/* Metal is read from PCI regs, but we can't access >=0x400 from
+	 * the configuration space (so we need to reg_rd)
+	 */
+	val = REG_RD(bp, PCICFG_OFFSET + PCI_ID_VAL3);
+	id |= (((val >> 24) & 0xf) << 4);
 	val = REG_RD(bp, MISC_REG_BOND_ID);
 	id |= (val & 0xf);
 	bp->common.chip_id = id;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_reg.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_reg.h
index 791eb2d530111dd7e5fa8aa5c88adadf5e91ddb9..d22bc40091ec47738a0132dd549c095645f90702 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_reg.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_reg.h
@@ -1491,10 +1491,6 @@
 /* [R 4] This field indicates the type of the device. '0' - 2 Ports; '1' - 1
    Port. */
 #define MISC_REG_BOND_ID					 0xa400
-/* [R 8] These bits indicate the metal revision of the chip. This value
-   starts at 0x00 for each all-layer tape-out and increments by one for each
-   tape-out. */
-#define MISC_REG_CHIP_METAL					 0xa404
 /* [R 16] These bits indicate the part number for the chip. */
 #define MISC_REG_CHIP_NUM					 0xa408
 /* [R 4] These bits indicate the base revision of the chip. This value
@@ -6331,6 +6327,8 @@
 #define PCI_PM_DATA_B					0x414
 #define PCI_ID_VAL1					0x434
 #define PCI_ID_VAL2					0x438
+#define PCI_ID_VAL3					0x43c
+
 #define GRC_CONFIG_REG_PF_INIT_VF		0x624
 #define GRC_CR_PF_INIT_VF_PF_FIRST_VF_NUM_MASK	0xf
 /* First VF_NUM for PF is encoded in this register.