diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
index ff1f14498c22fd2dc13dba259be3df2d55753ea8..a16ee1603272cb15df4fb1a01c174e68dd021df9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
@@ -530,6 +530,10 @@ static int handle_hca_cap(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	/* disable cmdif checksum */
 	MLX5_SET(cmd_hca_cap, set_hca_cap, cmdif_checksum, 0);
 
+	/* If the HCA supports 4K UARs use it */
+	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN_MAX(dev, uar_4k))
+		MLX5_SET(cmd_hca_cap, set_hca_cap, uar_4k, 1);
+
 	MLX5_SET(cmd_hca_cap, set_hca_cap, log_uar_page_sz, PAGE_SHIFT - 12);
 
 	err = set_caps(dev, set_ctx, set_sz,