diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index 0c73404fdca6b7d93d9dcf882df4ef2542599606..f26dcb23ebf91aa8a92641f0d4f36a3bcfdfdd88 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
 
 /* Ethtool Private Flags */
 #define I40E_PRIV_FLAGS_NPAR_FLAG	BIT(0)
+#define I40E_PRIV_FLAGS_LINKPOLL_FLAG	BIT(1)
 
 #define I40E_NVM_VERSION_LO_SHIFT  0
 #define I40E_NVM_VERSION_LO_MASK   (0xff << I40E_NVM_VERSION_LO_SHIFT)
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ struct i40e_pf {
 #define I40E_FLAG_WB_ON_ITR_CAPABLE		BIT_ULL(35)
 #define I40E_FLAG_VEB_STATS_ENABLED		BIT_ULL(37)
 #define I40E_FLAG_MULTIPLE_TCP_UDP_RSS_PCTYPE	BIT_ULL(38)
+#define I40E_FLAG_LINK_POLLING_ENABLED		BIT_ULL(39)
 #define I40E_FLAG_VEB_MODE_ENABLED		BIT_ULL(40)
 
 	/* tracks features that get auto disabled by errors */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index f2b4f8b8d7547bad8528a7ea4686cad47ef0362e..5a726f2624e046d1fb9034ae2786aee42ab9f6f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -230,10 +230,10 @@ static const char i40e_gstrings_test[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
 
 static const char i40e_priv_flags_strings[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
 	"NPAR",
+	"LinkPolling",
 };
 
-#define I40E_PRIV_FLAGS_STR_LEN \
-	(sizeof(i40e_priv_flags_strings) / ETH_GSTRING_LEN)
+#define I40E_PRIV_FLAGS_STR_LEN ARRAY_SIZE(i40e_priv_flags_strings)
 
 /**
  * i40e_partition_setting_complaint - generic complaint for MFP restriction
@@ -2636,10 +2636,31 @@ static u32 i40e_get_priv_flags(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	ret_flags |= pf->hw.func_caps.npar_enable ?
 		I40E_PRIV_FLAGS_NPAR_FLAG : 0;
+	ret_flags |= pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_LINK_POLLING_ENABLED ?
+		I40E_PRIV_FLAGS_LINKPOLL_FLAG : 0;
 
 	return ret_flags;
 }
 
+/**
+ * i40e_set_priv_flags - set private flags
+ * @dev: network interface device structure
+ * @flags: bit flags to be set
+ **/
+static int i40e_set_priv_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 flags)
+{
+	struct i40e_netdev_priv *np = netdev_priv(dev);
+	struct i40e_vsi *vsi = np->vsi;
+	struct i40e_pf *pf = vsi->back;
+
+	if (flags & I40E_PRIV_FLAGS_LINKPOLL_FLAG)
+		pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_LINK_POLLING_ENABLED;
+	else
+		pf->flags &= ~I40E_FLAG_LINK_POLLING_ENABLED;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct ethtool_ops i40e_ethtool_ops = {
 	.get_settings		= i40e_get_settings,
 	.set_settings		= i40e_set_settings,
@@ -2676,6 +2697,7 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops i40e_ethtool_ops = {
 	.set_channels		= i40e_set_channels,
 	.get_ts_info		= i40e_get_ts_info,
 	.get_priv_flags		= i40e_get_priv_flags,
+	.set_priv_flags		= i40e_set_priv_flags,
 };
 
 void i40e_set_ethtool_ops(struct net_device *netdev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index e05e6aaa4cc1ae8d172e9550e374668c642b4d68..23a7b40c764ccb5c558cb27b9e022e811fd74aec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -5892,7 +5892,8 @@ static void i40e_watchdog_subtask(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 		return;
 	pf->service_timer_previous = jiffies;
 
-	i40e_link_event(pf);
+	if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_LINK_POLLING_ENABLED)
+		i40e_link_event(pf);
 
 	/* Update the stats for active netdevs so the network stack
 	 * can look at updated numbers whenever it cares to
@@ -7908,6 +7909,7 @@ static int i40e_sw_init(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 	/* Set default capability flags */
 	pf->flags = I40E_FLAG_RX_CSUM_ENABLED |
 		    I40E_FLAG_MSI_ENABLED     |
+		    I40E_FLAG_LINK_POLLING_ENABLED |
 		    I40E_FLAG_MSIX_ENABLED;
 
 	if (iommu_present(&pci_bus_type))