diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 597e4724a474dafb1d3f68847b2d43a8781c1d70..a06dcaa75f6e6582ce447551217ff65de897e979 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -4611,6 +4611,7 @@ static int bnxt_update_link(struct bnxt *bp, bool chng_link_state)
 	link_info->phy_ver[1] = resp->phy_min;
 	link_info->phy_ver[2] = resp->phy_bld;
 	link_info->media_type = resp->media_type;
+	link_info->phy_type = resp->phy_type;
 	link_info->transceiver = resp->xcvr_pkg_type;
 	link_info->phy_addr = resp->eee_config_phy_addr &
 			      PORT_PHY_QCFG_RESP_PHY_ADDR_MASK;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index cc8e38a9f68435d5293b8b2495a8c758d1864701..26dac2f3c63ccb387a19a8c5a854ce86a1db21c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -759,6 +759,7 @@ struct bnxt_ntuple_filter {
 };
 
 struct bnxt_link_info {
+	u8			phy_type;
 	u8			media_type;
 	u8			transceiver;
 	u8			phy_addr;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index a2e93241b06bde7be3b87100bba4ff7866dbab8d..d6e41f237f2ca412c53301e10fe50a9595bdcbb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -850,7 +850,15 @@ static int bnxt_set_settings(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_cmd *cmd)
 		set_pause = true;
 	} else {
 		u16 fw_speed;
+		u8 phy_type = link_info->phy_type;
 
+		if (phy_type == PORT_PHY_QCFG_RESP_PHY_TYPE_BASET  ||
+		    phy_type == PORT_PHY_QCFG_RESP_PHY_TYPE_BASETE ||
+		    link_info->media_type == PORT_PHY_QCFG_RESP_MEDIA_TYPE_TP) {
+			netdev_err(dev, "10GBase-T devices must autoneg\n");
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+			goto set_setting_exit;
+		}
 		/* TODO: currently don't support half duplex */
 		if (cmd->duplex == DUPLEX_HALF) {
 			netdev_err(dev, "HALF DUPLEX is not supported!\n");