diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 203d2ddb5504afa45b05326a89df4bc1758c57cc..46f28ee4d05d07c54e2319d8ab2b867e56030e4c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -8637,7 +8637,10 @@ static int bnxt_init_chip(struct bnxt *bp, bool irq_re_init)
 	/* Filter for default vnic 0 */
 	rc = bnxt_hwrm_set_vnic_filter(bp, 0, 0, bp->dev->dev_addr);
 	if (rc) {
-		netdev_err(bp->dev, "HWRM vnic filter failure rc: %x\n", rc);
+		if (BNXT_VF(bp) && rc == -ENODEV)
+			netdev_err(bp->dev, "Cannot configure L2 filter while PF is unavailable\n");
+		else
+			netdev_err(bp->dev, "HWRM vnic filter failure rc: %x\n", rc);
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 	vnic->uc_filter_count = 1;
@@ -9430,6 +9433,10 @@ int bnxt_update_link(struct bnxt *bp, bool chng_link_state)
 	rc = hwrm_req_send(bp, req);
 	if (rc) {
 		hwrm_req_drop(bp, req);
+		if (BNXT_VF(bp) && rc == -ENODEV) {
+			netdev_warn(bp->dev, "Cannot obtain link state while PF unavailable.\n");
+			rc = 0;
+		}
 		return rc;
 	}
 
@@ -10828,12 +10835,21 @@ static int bnxt_cfg_rx_mode(struct bnxt *bp)
 	for (i = 1, off = 0; i < vnic->uc_filter_count; i++, off += ETH_ALEN) {
 		rc = bnxt_hwrm_set_vnic_filter(bp, 0, i, vnic->uc_list + off);
 		if (rc) {
-			netdev_err(bp->dev, "HWRM vnic filter failure rc: %x\n",
-				   rc);
+			if (BNXT_VF(bp) && rc == -ENODEV) {
+				if (!test_and_set_bit(BNXT_STATE_L2_FILTER_RETRY, &bp->state))
+					netdev_warn(bp->dev, "Cannot configure L2 filters while PF is unavailable, will retry\n");
+				else
+					netdev_dbg(bp->dev, "PF still unavailable while configuring L2 filters.\n");
+				rc = 0;
+			} else {
+				netdev_err(bp->dev, "HWRM vnic filter failure rc: %x\n", rc);
+			}
 			vnic->uc_filter_count = i;
 			return rc;
 		}
 	}
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(BNXT_STATE_L2_FILTER_RETRY, &bp->state))
+		netdev_notice(bp->dev, "Retry of L2 filter configuration successful.\n");
 
 skip_uc:
 	if ((vnic->rx_mask & CFA_L2_SET_RX_MASK_REQ_MASK_PROMISCUOUS) &&
@@ -11398,6 +11414,11 @@ static void bnxt_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (test_bit(BNXT_STATE_L2_FILTER_RETRY, &bp->state)) {
+		set_bit(BNXT_RX_MASK_SP_EVENT, &bp->sp_event);
+		bnxt_queue_sp_work(bp);
+	}
+
 	if ((bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_CHIP_P5) && !bp->chip_rev &&
 	    netif_carrier_ok(dev)) {
 		set_bit(BNXT_RING_COAL_NOW_SP_EVENT, &bp->sp_event);
@@ -13104,7 +13125,7 @@ static int bnxt_set_dflt_rings(struct bnxt *bp, bool sh)
 	bp->tx_nr_rings = bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc;
 
 	rc = __bnxt_reserve_rings(bp);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc && rc != -ENODEV)
 		netdev_warn(bp->dev, "Unable to reserve tx rings\n");
 	bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc = bp->tx_nr_rings;
 	if (sh)
@@ -13113,7 +13134,7 @@ static int bnxt_set_dflt_rings(struct bnxt *bp, bool sh)
 	/* Rings may have been trimmed, re-reserve the trimmed rings. */
 	if (bnxt_need_reserve_rings(bp)) {
 		rc = __bnxt_reserve_rings(bp);
-		if (rc)
+		if (rc && rc != -ENODEV)
 			netdev_warn(bp->dev, "2nd rings reservation failed.\n");
 		bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc = bp->tx_nr_rings;
 	}
@@ -13139,7 +13160,10 @@ static int bnxt_init_dflt_ring_mode(struct bnxt *bp)
 	bnxt_clear_int_mode(bp);
 	rc = bnxt_set_dflt_rings(bp, true);
 	if (rc) {
-		netdev_err(bp->dev, "Not enough rings available.\n");
+		if (BNXT_VF(bp) && rc == -ENODEV)
+			netdev_err(bp->dev, "Cannot configure VF rings while PF is unavailable.\n");
+		else
+			netdev_err(bp->dev, "Not enough rings available.\n");
 		goto init_dflt_ring_err;
 	}
 	rc = bnxt_init_int_mode(bp);
@@ -13427,8 +13451,12 @@ static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	bnxt_set_ring_params(bp);
 	rc = bnxt_set_dflt_rings(bp, true);
 	if (rc) {
-		netdev_err(bp->dev, "Not enough rings available.\n");
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
+		if (BNXT_VF(bp) && rc == -ENODEV) {
+			netdev_err(bp->dev, "Cannot configure VF rings while PF is unavailable.\n");
+		} else {
+			netdev_err(bp->dev, "Not enough rings available.\n");
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+		}
 		goto init_err_pci_clean;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index 7bd9c5d237d90b0c523deb5a2438b9c6d1a0626d..5ec251a1100ff9cc0d1e145ca106d8a9a6a4949d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -1916,6 +1916,7 @@ struct bnxt {
 #define BNXT_STATE_DRV_REGISTERED	7
 #define BNXT_STATE_PCI_CHANNEL_IO_FROZEN	8
 #define BNXT_STATE_NAPI_DISABLED	9
+#define BNXT_STATE_L2_FILTER_RETRY	10
 #define BNXT_STATE_FW_ACTIVATE		11
 #define BNXT_STATE_RECOVER		12
 #define BNXT_STATE_FW_NON_FATAL_COND	13
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
index a16d1ff6359c07852113813b1c2eb663f8c73845..f75b2de8a14b5795978ace7fae8a4ec67fdf9409 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
@@ -359,6 +359,8 @@ static int __hwrm_to_stderr(u32 hwrm_err)
 		return -EAGAIN;
 	case HWRM_ERR_CODE_CMD_NOT_SUPPORTED:
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	case HWRM_ERR_CODE_PF_UNAVAILABLE:
+		return -ENODEV;
 	default:
 		return -EIO;
 	}
@@ -648,7 +650,7 @@ static int __hwrm_send(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_hwrm_ctx *ctx)
 	if (rc == HWRM_ERR_CODE_BUSY && !(ctx->flags & BNXT_HWRM_CTX_SILENT))
 		netdev_warn(bp->dev, "FW returned busy, hwrm req_type 0x%x\n",
 			    req_type);
-	else if (rc)
+	else if (rc && rc != HWRM_ERR_CODE_PF_UNAVAILABLE)
 		hwrm_err(bp, ctx, "hwrm req_type 0x%x seq id 0x%x error 0x%x\n",
 			 req_type, token->seq_id, rc);
 	rc = __hwrm_to_stderr(rc);