diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index bbe93713e2267251c9e64d365cdda4f6ef775a32..869d4c97a9e847b9905b70567dafb1ac5c5f6125 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -4465,6 +4465,10 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_func_qcfg(struct bnxt *bp)
 		vf->vlan = le16_to_cpu(resp->vlan) & VLAN_VID_MASK;
 	}
 #endif
+	if (BNXT_PF(bp) && (le16_to_cpu(resp->flags) &
+			    FUNC_QCFG_RESP_FLAGS_FW_DCBX_AGENT_ENABLED))
+		bp->flags |= BNXT_FLAG_FW_LLDP_AGENT;
+
 	switch (resp->port_partition_type) {
 	case FUNC_QCFG_RESP_PORT_PARTITION_TYPE_NPAR1_0:
 	case FUNC_QCFG_RESP_PORT_PARTITION_TYPE_NPAR1_5:
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index faf26a2f726b808792fd837437bf7abb9279a8c7..c7a5b84a5cb20ecb1112f831d868238f9cead76b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ struct bnxt {
 					 BNXT_FLAG_ROCEV2_CAP)
 	#define BNXT_FLAG_NO_AGG_RINGS	0x20000
 	#define BNXT_FLAG_RX_PAGE_MODE	0x40000
+	#define BNXT_FLAG_FW_LLDP_AGENT	0x80000
 	#define BNXT_FLAG_CHIP_NITRO_A0	0x1000000
 
 	#define BNXT_FLAG_ALL_CONFIG_FEATS (BNXT_FLAG_TPA |		\
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
index fdf2d8caf7bfaae56b4b39c415feaa343f29d579..03532061d211b168d1bd7774d2aeea9b4ed3a776 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ void bnxt_dcb_init(struct bnxt *bp)
 		return;
 
 	bp->dcbx_cap = DCB_CAP_DCBX_VER_IEEE;
-	if (BNXT_PF(bp))
+	if (BNXT_PF(bp) && !(bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_FW_LLDP_AGENT))
 		bp->dcbx_cap |= DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST;
 	else
 		bp->dcbx_cap |= DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED;