diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
index c0145898f64c76683b4720d7f13616cc672d3bd4..aa1f3a2c7a7865cce7970e2e7b75f74b218d5df7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_queue_cos2bw_cfg(struct bnxt *bp, struct ieee_ets *ets,
 			cos2bw.tsa =
 				QUEUE_COS2BW_QCFG_RESP_QUEUE_ID0_TSA_ASSIGN_ETS;
 			cos2bw.bw_weight = ets->tc_tx_bw[i];
+			/* older firmware requires min_bw to be set to the
+			 * same weight value in percent.
+			 */
+			cos2bw.min_bw =
+				cpu_to_le32((ets->tc_tx_bw[i] * 100) |
+					    BW_VALUE_UNIT_PERCENT1_100);
 		}
 		memcpy(data, &cos2bw.queue_id, sizeof(cos2bw) - 4);
 		if (i == 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.h
index ecd0a5e46a493bf325e93deba1d973a9d1667dbf..d2e0af960bf59c0052ac93d044eedbe285a90779 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct bnxt_cos2bw_cfg {
 	u8			queue_id;
 	__le32			min_bw;
 	__le32			max_bw;
+#define BW_VALUE_UNIT_PERCENT1_100		(0x1UL << 29)
 	u8			tsa;
 	u8			pri_lvl;
 	u8			bw_weight;