diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 0cc02665a8e32908bdd02ce718d8663c77afce07..d7efc1cd0732f5832b65adb58818d7e1255a3c90 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -9245,6 +9245,16 @@ static int i40e_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		goto err_configure_lan_hmc;
 	}
 
+	/* Disable LLDP for NICs that have firmware versions lower than v4.3.
+	 * Ignore error return codes because if it was already disabled via
+	 * hardware settings this will fail
+	 */
+	if (((pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver == 4) && (pf->hw.aq.fw_min_ver < 3)) ||
+	    (pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver < 4)) {
+		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Stopping firmware LLDP agent.\n");
+		i40e_aq_stop_lldp(hw, true, NULL);
+	}
+
 	i40e_get_mac_addr(hw, hw->mac.addr);
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(hw->mac.addr)) {
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "invalid MAC address %pM\n", hw->mac.addr);