diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
index b0bba32d69d5dfd51eb56cfa6a6e9d5d63f5fe62..d22d728d4e5cb748321d9c86c4ad473a814d0831 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
@@ -2303,7 +2303,8 @@ int t4_sge_alloc_eth_txq(struct adapter *adap, struct sge_eth_txq *txq,
 			    FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_PFN(adap->fn) | FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_VFN(0));
 	c.alloc_to_len16 = htonl(FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_ALLOC |
 				 FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_EQSTART | FW_LEN16(c));
-	c.viid_pkd = htonl(FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_VIID(pi->viid));
+	c.viid_pkd = htonl(FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_AUTOEQUEQE |
+			   FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_VIID(pi->viid));
 	c.fetchszm_to_iqid = htonl(FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_HOSTFCMODE(2) |
 				   FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_PCIECHN(pi->tx_chan) |
 				   FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_FETCHRO(1) |
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4fw_api.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4fw_api.h
index 0549170d7e2ed2b60f68322b4ef44887471bbc52..5f2729ebadbe14c4d6c1e56fcc29d078380db437 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4fw_api.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4fw_api.h
@@ -1227,6 +1227,7 @@ struct fw_eq_eth_cmd {
 #define FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_CIDXFTHRESH(x) ((x) << 16)
 #define FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_EQSIZE(x) ((x) << 0)
 
+#define FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_AUTOEQUEQE (1U << 30)
 #define FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_VIID(x) ((x) << 16)
 
 struct fw_eq_ctrl_cmd {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c
index bdfa80ca5e317cee72c925a4112bdeaaf2551799..a5fb9493dee826563561072185d85ccc46513337 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c
@@ -2250,7 +2250,8 @@ int t4vf_sge_alloc_eth_txq(struct adapter *adapter, struct sge_eth_txq *txq,
 	cmd.alloc_to_len16 = cpu_to_be32(FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_ALLOC |
 					 FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_EQSTART |
 					 FW_LEN16(cmd));
-	cmd.viid_pkd = cpu_to_be32(FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_VIID(pi->viid));
+	cmd.viid_pkd = cpu_to_be32(FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_AUTOEQUEQE |
+				   FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_VIID(pi->viid));
 	cmd.fetchszm_to_iqid =
 		cpu_to_be32(FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_HOSTFCMODE(SGE_HOSTFCMODE_STPG) |
 			    FW_EQ_ETH_CMD_PCIECHN(pi->port_id) |