diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
index 08676df6cef056f26bf77af33eacc1c4fb7ac39a..796c2cbc11f6b5de044c5c465806184d5ad17825 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c
@@ -127,6 +127,17 @@ void liquidio_link_ctrl_cmd_completion(void *nctrl_ptr)
 	struct octeon_device *oct = lio->oct_dev;
 	u8 *mac;
 
+	if (nctrl->completion && nctrl->response_code) {
+		/* Signal whoever is interested that the response code from the
+		 * firmware has arrived.
+		 */
+		WRITE_ONCE(*nctrl->response_code, nctrl->status);
+		complete(nctrl->completion);
+	}
+
+	if (nctrl->status)
+		return;
+
 	switch (nctrl->ncmd.s.cmd) {
 	case OCTNET_CMD_CHANGE_DEVFLAGS:
 	case OCTNET_CMD_SET_MULTI_LIST:
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index fa673a1de24d57b6f947558ab47172fde6b3514b..927617cbf6a91a4c8738ffcb161eed0d61e9483d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -3499,6 +3499,8 @@ static int liquidio_set_rxcsum_command(struct net_device *netdev, int command,
 	struct octnic_ctrl_pkt nctrl;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	memset(&nctrl, 0, sizeof(struct octnic_ctrl_pkt));
+
 	nctrl.ncmd.u64 = 0;
 	nctrl.ncmd.s.cmd = command;
 	nctrl.ncmd.s.param1 = rx_cmd;
@@ -3532,6 +3534,8 @@ static int liquidio_vxlan_port_command(struct net_device *netdev, int command,
 	struct octnic_ctrl_pkt nctrl;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	memset(&nctrl, 0, sizeof(struct octnic_ctrl_pkt));
+
 	nctrl.ncmd.u64 = 0;
 	nctrl.ncmd.s.cmd = command;
 	nctrl.ncmd.s.more = vxlan_cmd_bit;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index 174d748b592846864ee47770fab1f83e60187453..34c77821fad9f2a49d49841bef2b0c601ca402aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -2484,6 +2484,8 @@ liquidio_vlan_rx_add_vid(struct net_device *netdev,
 	struct lio *lio = GET_LIO(netdev);
 	struct octeon_device *oct = lio->oct_dev;
 	struct octnic_ctrl_pkt nctrl;
+	struct completion compl;
+	u16 response_code;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	memset(&nctrl, 0, sizeof(struct octnic_ctrl_pkt));
@@ -2495,14 +2497,25 @@ liquidio_vlan_rx_add_vid(struct net_device *netdev,
 	nctrl.wait_time = 100;
 	nctrl.netpndev = (u64)netdev;
 	nctrl.cb_fn = liquidio_link_ctrl_cmd_completion;
+	init_completion(&compl);
+	nctrl.completion = &compl;
+	nctrl.response_code = &response_code;
 
 	ret = octnet_send_nic_ctrl_pkt(lio->oct_dev, &nctrl);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "Add VLAN filter failed in core (ret: 0x%x)\n",
 			ret);
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&compl,
+					 msecs_to_jiffies(nctrl.wait_time)))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	if (READ_ONCE(response_code))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -2547,6 +2560,8 @@ static int liquidio_set_rxcsum_command(struct net_device *netdev, int command,
 	struct octnic_ctrl_pkt nctrl;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	memset(&nctrl, 0, sizeof(struct octnic_ctrl_pkt));
+
 	nctrl.ncmd.u64 = 0;
 	nctrl.ncmd.s.cmd = command;
 	nctrl.ncmd.s.param1 = rx_cmd;
@@ -2579,6 +2594,8 @@ static int liquidio_vxlan_port_command(struct net_device *netdev, int command,
 	struct octnic_ctrl_pkt nctrl;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	memset(&nctrl, 0, sizeof(struct octnic_ctrl_pkt));
+
 	nctrl.ncmd.u64 = 0;
 	nctrl.ncmd.s.cmd = command;
 	nctrl.ncmd.s.more = vxlan_cmd_bit;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_nic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_nic.c
index 0243be8dd56fc32736c13cef0487514efcfe6a68..b457cf23fce6196e1f5ec5cc144644a5441d641c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_nic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_nic.c
@@ -100,14 +100,16 @@ static void octnet_link_ctrl_callback(struct octeon_device *oct,
 
 	nctrl = (struct octnic_ctrl_pkt *)sc->ctxptr;
 
-	/* Call the callback function if status is OK.
-	 * Status is OK only if a response was expected and core returned
-	 * success.
+	/* Call the callback function if status is zero (meaning OK) or status
+	 * contains a firmware status code bigger than zero (meaning the
+	 * firmware is reporting an error).
 	 * If no response was expected, status is OK if the command was posted
 	 * successfully.
 	 */
-	if (!status && nctrl->cb_fn)
+	if ((!status || status > FIRMWARE_STATUS_CODE(0)) && nctrl->cb_fn) {
+		nctrl->status = status;
 		nctrl->cb_fn(nctrl);
+	}
 
 	octeon_free_soft_command(oct, sc);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_nic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_nic.h
index 0c7a5c9b2932d4db89066d3496b28d134a8bcedc..6480ef8634418dca43ab0a4187ee046276dac7ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_nic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_nic.h
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ struct octnic_ctrl_pkt {
 
 	/** Callback function called when the command has been fetched */
 	octnic_ctrl_pkt_cb_fn_t cb_fn;
+
+	u32 status;
+	u16 *response_code;
+	struct completion *completion;
 };
 
 #define MAX_UDD_SIZE(nctrl) (sizeof((nctrl)->udd))