diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd.h b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd.h
index 4ed7a97bd1901efe85138486dde4da16b50e75dd..714194c16a9d24f5154833183a1231d59d02324a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd.h
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@
 
 #define BRCMF_AMPDU_RX_REORDER_MAXFLOWS		256
 
+/* Length of firmware version string stored for
+ * ethtool driver info which uses 32 bytes as well.
+ */
+#define BRCMF_DRIVER_FIRMWARE_VERSION_LEN	32
+
 /* Pattern matching filter. Specifies an offset within received packets to
  * start matching, the pattern to match, the size of the pattern, and a bitmask
  * that indicates which bits within the pattern should be matched.
@@ -544,7 +549,7 @@ struct brcmf_pub {
 	u8 wme_dp;		/* wme discard priority */
 
 	/* Dongle media info */
-	unsigned long drv_version;	/* Version of dongle-resident driver */
+	char fwver[BRCMF_DRIVER_FIRMWARE_VERSION_LEN];
 	u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];		/* MAC address obtained from dongle */
 
 	/* Multicast data packets sent to dongle */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c
index 601763393184067afd48d5e81dfff56662ba521d..d5811a46a338c79059ea6e9221b187b32849cca3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_common.c
@@ -278,9 +278,14 @@ int brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds(struct brcmf_if *ifp)
 	}
 	ptr = (char *)buf;
 	strsep(&ptr, "\n");
+
 	/* Print fw version info */
 	brcmf_err("Firmware version = %s\n", buf);
 
+	/* locate firmware version number for ethtool */
+	ptr = strrchr(buf, ' ') + 1;
+	strlcpy(ifp->drvr->fwver, ptr, sizeof(ifp->drvr->fwver));
+
 	/*
 	 * Setup timeout if Beacons are lost and roam is off to report
 	 * link down
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
index 644e62e1963c22dbc5cba77a28fc8c77f4fefefd..bce0b8e511fd22eb085077169050426f42714838 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
@@ -599,8 +599,8 @@ static void brcmf_ethtool_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *ndev,
 	struct brcmf_pub *drvr = ifp->drvr;
 
 	strlcpy(info->driver, KBUILD_MODNAME, sizeof(info->driver));
-	snprintf(info->version, sizeof(info->version), "%lu",
-		 drvr->drv_version);
+	snprintf(info->version, sizeof(info->version), "n/a");
+	strlcpy(info->fw_version, drvr->fwver, sizeof(info->fw_version));
 	strlcpy(info->bus_info, dev_name(drvr->bus_if->dev),
 		sizeof(info->bus_info));
 }