diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_main.c
index 948d1a4b46439b61f7d4cd7ba197ce2b14b04d85..60e57f08de80ee43876bfb1f358e2f6811d0c9dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_main.c
@@ -596,6 +596,10 @@ static int nfp_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	struct nfp_pf *pf;
 	int err;
 
+	if (pdev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_NETRONOME &&
+	    pdev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_NETRONOME_NFP6000_VF)
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Binding NFP VF device to the NFP PF driver, the VF driver is called 'nfp_netvf'\n");
+
 	err = pci_enable_device(pdev);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_nsp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_nsp.c
index 42cf4fd875eacf34a4e287180b63a57192a1ea48..9a08623c325dfd4357825b48a580eb4a77d2b430 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_nsp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_nsp.c
@@ -241,11 +241,16 @@ static int nfp_nsp_check(struct nfp_nsp *state)
 	state->ver.major = FIELD_GET(NSP_STATUS_MAJOR, reg);
 	state->ver.minor = FIELD_GET(NSP_STATUS_MINOR, reg);
 
-	if (state->ver.major != NSP_MAJOR || state->ver.minor < NSP_MINOR) {
+	if (state->ver.major != NSP_MAJOR) {
 		nfp_err(cpp, "Unsupported ABI %hu.%hu\n",
 			state->ver.major, state->ver.minor);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	if (state->ver.minor < NSP_MINOR) {
+		nfp_err(cpp, "ABI too old to support NIC operation (%u.%hu < %u.%u), please update the management FW on the flash\n",
+			NSP_MAJOR, state->ver.minor, NSP_MAJOR, NSP_MINOR);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	if (reg & NSP_STATUS_BUSY) {
 		nfp_err(cpp, "Service processor busy!\n");