diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index d9fc905c599670a51ed191a84cecf5510cc3cfae..fd936c5e8760bd329474f0234be4a1ff5718ac4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -6898,8 +6898,14 @@ static int __bnxt_open_nic(struct bnxt *bp, bool irq_re_init, bool link_re_init)
 		mutex_lock(&bp->link_lock);
 		rc = bnxt_update_phy_setting(bp);
 		mutex_unlock(&bp->link_lock);
-		if (rc)
+		if (rc) {
 			netdev_warn(bp->dev, "failed to update phy settings\n");
+			if (BNXT_SINGLE_PF(bp)) {
+				bp->link_info.phy_retry = true;
+				bp->link_info.phy_retry_expires =
+					jiffies + 5 * HZ;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (irq_re_init)
@@ -7583,6 +7589,16 @@ static void bnxt_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 		set_bit(BNXT_FLOW_STATS_SP_EVENT, &bp->sp_event);
 		bnxt_queue_sp_work(bp);
 	}
+
+	if (bp->link_info.phy_retry) {
+		if (time_after(jiffies, bp->link_info.phy_retry_expires)) {
+			bp->link_info.phy_retry = 0;
+			netdev_warn(bp->dev, "failed to update phy settings after maximum retries.\n");
+		} else {
+			set_bit(BNXT_UPDATE_PHY_SP_EVENT, &bp->sp_event);
+			bnxt_queue_sp_work(bp);
+		}
+	}
 bnxt_restart_timer:
 	mod_timer(&bp->timer, jiffies + bp->current_interval);
 }
@@ -7670,6 +7686,19 @@ static void bnxt_sp_task(struct work_struct *work)
 			netdev_err(bp->dev, "SP task can't update link (rc: %x)\n",
 				   rc);
 	}
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(BNXT_UPDATE_PHY_SP_EVENT, &bp->sp_event)) {
+		int rc;
+
+		mutex_lock(&bp->link_lock);
+		rc = bnxt_update_phy_setting(bp);
+		mutex_unlock(&bp->link_lock);
+		if (rc) {
+			netdev_warn(bp->dev, "update phy settings retry failed\n");
+		} else {
+			bp->link_info.phy_retry = false;
+			netdev_info(bp->dev, "update phy settings retry succeeded\n");
+		}
+	}
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(BNXT_HWRM_PORT_MODULE_SP_EVENT, &bp->sp_event)) {
 		mutex_lock(&bp->link_lock);
 		bnxt_get_port_module_status(bp);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index 0d49fe015ba90cf269d68337bafa566cf38ba1fb..47eec148e745e583425ea5dca2f3d5a96fa82a6a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -959,6 +959,9 @@ struct bnxt_link_info {
 	u16			advertising;	/* user adv setting */
 	bool			force_link_chng;
 
+	bool			phy_retry;
+	unsigned long		phy_retry_expires;
+
 	/* a copy of phy_qcfg output used to report link
 	 * info to VF
 	 */
@@ -1344,6 +1347,7 @@ struct bnxt {
 #define BNXT_GENEVE_DEL_PORT_SP_EVENT	13
 #define BNXT_LINK_SPEED_CHNG_SP_EVENT	14
 #define BNXT_FLOW_STATS_SP_EVENT	15
+#define BNXT_UPDATE_PHY_SP_EVENT	16
 
 	struct bnxt_hw_resc	hw_resc;
 	struct bnxt_pf_info	pf;