diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index 928bd5abbaedcb72739914cc412a1df7eee00a90..930369c4882b63fe1085c304d1839bb20fe173c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -666,6 +666,13 @@ static int i40e_set_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
 	    advertise & ADVERTISED_40000baseLR4_Full)
 		config.link_speed |= I40E_LINK_SPEED_40GB;
 
+	/* If speed didn't get set, set it to what it currently is.
+	 * This is needed because if advertise is 0 (as it is when autoneg
+	 * is disabled) then speed won't get set.
+	 */
+	if (!config.link_speed)
+		config.link_speed = abilities.link_speed;
+
 	if (change || (abilities.link_speed != config.link_speed)) {
 		/* copy over the rest of the abilities */
 		config.phy_type = abilities.phy_type;