diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
index 6432efa7b9cbba61c6fddadf54f22f9258a6cfdb..398fb5ca0fe21f2554b72e933ff20774a7b9ee26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c
@@ -1694,7 +1694,8 @@ int be_cmd_rss_config(struct be_adapter *adapter, u8 *rsstable, u16 table_size)
 		OPCODE_ETH_RSS_CONFIG, sizeof(*req), wrb, NULL);
 
 	req->if_id = cpu_to_le32(adapter->if_handle);
-	req->enable_rss = cpu_to_le16(RSS_ENABLE_TCP_IPV4 | RSS_ENABLE_IPV4);
+	req->enable_rss = cpu_to_le16(RSS_ENABLE_TCP_IPV4 | RSS_ENABLE_IPV4 |
+				      RSS_ENABLE_TCP_IPV6 | RSS_ENABLE_IPV6);
 	req->cpu_table_size_log2 = cpu_to_le16(fls(table_size) - 1);
 	memcpy(req->cpu_table, rsstable, table_size);
 	memcpy(req->hash, myhash, sizeof(myhash));