diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
index 5694d599f65909c1562ccbe7acf35528c445007b..955dd858464adaabe3f4d00ca61615871226792e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ struct qlcnic_mac_list_s {
 
 #define QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_2_LRO_MAX_TCP_SEG	BIT_2
 #define QLCNIC_FW_CAP2_HW_LRO_IPV6		BIT_3
-#define QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_2_OCBB		BIT_5
+#define QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_SET_DRV_VER	BIT_5
 #define QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_2_BEACON		BIT_7
 
 /* module types */
@@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ int qlcnic_nic_del_mac(struct qlcnic_adapter *, const u8 *);
 void qlcnic_82xx_free_mac_list(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter);
 
 int qlcnic_fw_cmd_set_mtu(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter, int mtu);
-int qlcnic_fw_cmd_set_drv_version(struct qlcnic_adapter *);
+int qlcnic_fw_cmd_set_drv_version(struct qlcnic_adapter *, u32);
 int qlcnic_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu);
 netdev_features_t qlcnic_fix_features(struct net_device *netdev,
 	netdev_features_t features);
@@ -1500,6 +1500,7 @@ int qlcnic_validate_max_rss(struct qlcnic_adapter *, __u32);
 void qlcnic_alloc_lb_filters_mem(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter);
 void qlcnic_82xx_set_mac_filter_count(struct qlcnic_adapter *);
 int qlcnic_enable_msix(struct qlcnic_adapter *, u32);
+void qlcnic_set_drv_version(struct qlcnic_adapter *);
 
 /*  eSwitch management functions */
 int qlcnic_config_switch_port(struct qlcnic_adapter *,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c
index 1c463dd562e23b625f88ec6dbb6d5b994500b911..1938812bb0e2df08a2039b25289d66b56337657e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ static const struct qlcnic_mailbox_metadata qlcnic_83xx_mbx_tbl[] = {
 	{QLCNIC_CMD_STOP_NIC_FUNC, 2, 1},
 	{QLCNIC_CMD_SET_LED_CONFIG, 5, 1},
 	{QLCNIC_CMD_GET_LED_CONFIG, 1, 5},
+	{QLCNIC_CMD_83XX_SET_DRV_VER, 4, 1},
 	{QLCNIC_CMD_ADD_RCV_RINGS, 130, 26},
 	{QLCNIC_CMD_CONFIG_VPORT, 4, 4},
 	{QLCNIC_CMD_BC_EVENT_SETUP, 2, 1},
@@ -2186,16 +2187,17 @@ int qlcnic_83xx_get_nic_info(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter,
 	u32 temp;
 	u8 op = 0;
 	struct qlcnic_cmd_args cmd;
+	struct qlcnic_hardware_context *ahw = adapter->ahw;
 
 	err = qlcnic_alloc_mbx_args(&cmd, adapter, QLCNIC_CMD_GET_NIC_INFO);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (func_id != adapter->ahw->pci_func) {
+	if (func_id != ahw->pci_func) {
 		temp = func_id << 16;
 		cmd.req.arg[1] = op | BIT_31 | temp;
 	} else {
-		cmd.req.arg[1] = adapter->ahw->pci_func << 16;
+		cmd.req.arg[1] = ahw->pci_func << 16;
 	}
 	err = qlcnic_issue_cmd(adapter, &cmd);
 	if (err) {
@@ -2222,6 +2224,9 @@ int qlcnic_83xx_get_nic_info(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter,
 		temp = (cmd.rsp.arg[8] & 0x7FFE0000) >> 17;
 		npar_info->max_linkspeed_reg_offset = temp;
 	}
+	if (npar_info->capabilities & QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_MORE_CAPS)
+		memcpy(ahw->extra_capability, &cmd.rsp.arg[16],
+		       sizeof(ahw->extra_capability));
 
 out:
 	qlcnic_free_mbx_args(&cmd);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
index f073c08de91f2a0e8dd2827235dfab1f22688baa..e2d04d5cb9b050508ff41fc6f741931aa9703a24 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ static int qlcnic_83xx_idc_reattach_driver(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	qlcnic_set_drv_version(adapter);
 	qlcnic_83xx_idc_attach_driver(adapter);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ctx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ctx.c
index 72593a19ad59362017aac923c7ef4ec957785727..0d54fceda960434cc29c2e30b5151c8b7f02b6d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ctx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ctx.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static const struct qlcnic_mailbox_metadata qlcnic_mbx_tbl[] = {
 	{QLCNIC_CMD_CONFIG_PORT, 4, 1},
 	{QLCNIC_CMD_TEMP_SIZE, 4, 4},
 	{QLCNIC_CMD_GET_TEMP_HDR, 4, 1},
-	{QLCNIC_CMD_SET_DRV_VER, 4, 1},
+	{QLCNIC_CMD_82XX_SET_DRV_VER, 4, 1},
 	{QLCNIC_CMD_GET_LED_STATUS, 4, 2},
 };
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int qlcnic_82xx_issue_cmd(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter,
 	return cmd->rsp.arg[0];
 }
 
-int qlcnic_fw_cmd_set_drv_version(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
+int qlcnic_fw_cmd_set_drv_version(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter, u32 fw_cmd)
 {
 	struct qlcnic_cmd_args cmd;
 	u32 arg1, arg2, arg3;
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ int qlcnic_fw_cmd_set_drv_version(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 		 _QLCNIC_LINUX_MAJOR, _QLCNIC_LINUX_MINOR,
 		 _QLCNIC_LINUX_SUBVERSION);
 
-	err = qlcnic_alloc_mbx_args(&cmd, adapter, QLCNIC_CMD_SET_DRV_VER);
+	err = qlcnic_alloc_mbx_args(&cmd, adapter, fw_cmd);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.h
index 812fd07baef37f9e5dfcf92592c07285e4f690ba..b190c8495a85c4eac016b5dd05cfa103910342c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ enum qlcnic_regs {
 #define QLCNIC_CMD_BC_EVENT_SETUP		0x31
 #define	QLCNIC_CMD_CONFIG_VPORT			0x32
 #define QLCNIC_CMD_GET_MAC_STATS		0x37
-#define QLCNIC_CMD_SET_DRV_VER			0x38
+#define QLCNIC_CMD_82XX_SET_DRV_VER		0x38
 #define QLCNIC_CMD_GET_LED_STATUS		0x3C
 #define QLCNIC_CMD_CONFIGURE_RSS		0x41
 #define QLCNIC_CMD_CONFIG_INTR_COAL		0x43
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ enum qlcnic_regs {
 #define QLCNIC_CMD_GET_LINK_STATUS		0x68
 #define QLCNIC_CMD_SET_LED_CONFIG		0x69
 #define QLCNIC_CMD_GET_LED_CONFIG		0x6A
+#define QLCNIC_CMD_83XX_SET_DRV_VER		0x6F
 #define QLCNIC_CMD_ADD_RCV_RINGS		0x0B
 
 #define QLCNIC_INTRPT_INTX			1
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index 3963e781a2b4fb1b12db80f7bd5eb2f5cea96620..0d7a4fd9975cf39bb7776e2ab0603ccb458cce43 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -1985,6 +1985,21 @@ int qlcnic_alloc_tx_rings(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void qlcnic_set_drv_version(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct qlcnic_hardware_context *ahw = adapter->ahw;
+	u32 fw_cmd = 0;
+
+	if (qlcnic_82xx_check(adapter))
+		fw_cmd = QLCNIC_CMD_82XX_SET_DRV_VER;
+	else if (qlcnic_83xx_check(adapter))
+		fw_cmd = QLCNIC_CMD_83XX_SET_DRV_VER;
+
+	if ((ahw->capabilities & QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_MORE_CAPS) &&
+	    (ahw->extra_capability[0] & QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_SET_DRV_VER))
+		qlcnic_fw_cmd_set_drv_version(adapter, fw_cmd);
+}
+
 static int
 qlcnic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 {
@@ -1992,7 +2007,6 @@ qlcnic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = NULL;
 	struct qlcnic_hardware_context *ahw;
 	int err, pci_using_dac = -1;
-	u32 capab2;
 	char board_name[QLCNIC_MAX_BOARD_NAME_LEN + 19]; /* MAC + ": " + name */
 
 	if (pdev->is_virtfn)
@@ -2147,13 +2161,7 @@ qlcnic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_out_disable_mbx_intr;
 
-	if (qlcnic_82xx_check(adapter)) {
-		if (ahw->capabilities & QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_MORE_CAPS) {
-			capab2 = QLCRD32(adapter, CRB_FW_CAPABILITIES_2);
-			if (capab2 & QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_2_OCBB)
-				qlcnic_fw_cmd_set_drv_version(adapter);
-		}
-	}
+	qlcnic_set_drv_version(adapter);
 
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, adapter);
 
@@ -3124,6 +3132,7 @@ qlcnic_attach_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	adapter->fw_fail_cnt = 0;
 	adapter->flags &= ~QLCNIC_FW_HANG;
 	clear_bit(__QLCNIC_RESETTING, &adapter->state);
+	qlcnic_set_drv_version(adapter);
 
 	if (!qlcnic_clr_drv_state(adapter))
 		qlcnic_schedule_work(adapter, qlcnic_fw_poll_work,