diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 13940e0ba939e516c26efa9f75e5fc4e87ff53a6..a730f48b102cf6b48e0af87e5aecb8f8a9ba169b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -6597,6 +6597,8 @@ static i40e_status i40e_force_link_state(struct i40e_pf *pf, bool is_up)
 	config.eee_capability = abilities.eee_capability;
 	config.eeer = abilities.eeer_val;
 	config.low_power_ctrl = abilities.d3_lpan;
+	config.fec_config = abilities.fec_cfg_curr_mod_ext_info &
+			    I40E_AQ_PHY_FEC_CONFIG_MASK;
 	err = i40e_aq_set_phy_config(hw, &config, NULL);
 
 	if (err) {