diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c
index 3ca00e05f23d2ade287d6c1d9047410eeac43114..ace217c447ddd182d0143bb2977b2e62b23ba883 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_hw.c
@@ -2276,9 +2276,9 @@ int qlcnic_83xx_get_nic_info(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter,
 		temp = (cmd.rsp.arg[8] & 0x7FFE0000) >> 17;
 		npar_info->max_linkspeed_reg_offset = temp;
 	}
-	if (npar_info->capabilities & QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_MORE_CAPS)
-		memcpy(ahw->extra_capability, &cmd.rsp.arg[16],
-		       sizeof(ahw->extra_capability));
+
+	memcpy(ahw->extra_capability, &cmd.rsp.arg[16],
+	       sizeof(ahw->extra_capability));
 
 out:
 	qlcnic_free_mbx_args(&cmd);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index 9e61eb8674524575481d0f1158d75353ea4ef724..d8f4897e9e820ebef4469c2c744e75910f6ebf2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -1131,7 +1131,10 @@ qlcnic_initialize_nic(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 		if (err == -EIO)
 			return err;
 		adapter->ahw->extra_capability[0] = temp;
+	} else {
+		adapter->ahw->extra_capability[0] = 0;
 	}
+
 	adapter->ahw->max_mac_filters = nic_info.max_mac_filters;
 	adapter->ahw->max_mtu = nic_info.max_mtu;
 
@@ -2159,8 +2162,7 @@ void qlcnic_set_drv_version(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 	else if (qlcnic_83xx_check(adapter))
 		fw_cmd = QLCNIC_CMD_83XX_SET_DRV_VER;
 
-	if ((ahw->capabilities & QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_MORE_CAPS) &&
-	    (ahw->extra_capability[0] & QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_SET_DRV_VER))
+	if (ahw->extra_capability[0] & QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_SET_DRV_VER)
 		qlcnic_fw_cmd_set_drv_version(adapter, fw_cmd);
 }