diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
index 24aa25da482b5a788bf3d76e1c51fb7925dbd7f4..d9397ffb396bcc559abf203ff83f2b2a0006e30b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c
@@ -2463,4 +2463,5 @@ const struct ethtool_ops mlx5e_ethtool_ops = {
 	.get_eth_mac_stats = mlx5e_get_eth_mac_stats,
 	.get_eth_ctrl_stats = mlx5e_get_eth_ctrl_stats,
 	.get_rmon_stats    = mlx5e_get_rmon_stats,
+	.get_link_ext_stats = mlx5e_get_link_ext_stats
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
index 03c1841970f14b053cd2f3b1711d8df79bf9cc37..70c4ea3841d72a40ebfc1208a6d0c99f875d2172 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
@@ -1241,6 +1241,23 @@ static MLX5E_DECLARE_STATS_GRP_OP_UPDATE_STATS(phy)
 	mlx5_core_access_reg(mdev, in, sz, out, sz, MLX5_REG_PPCNT, 0, 0);
 }
 
+void mlx5e_get_link_ext_stats(struct net_device *dev,
+			      struct ethtool_link_ext_stats *stats)
+{
+	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+	u32 out[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(ppcnt_reg)] = {};
+	u32 in[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(ppcnt_reg)] = {};
+	int sz = MLX5_ST_SZ_BYTES(ppcnt_reg);
+
+	MLX5_SET(ppcnt_reg, in, local_port, 1);
+	MLX5_SET(ppcnt_reg, in, grp, MLX5_PHYSICAL_LAYER_COUNTERS_GROUP);
+	mlx5_core_access_reg(priv->mdev, in, sz, out,
+			     MLX5_ST_SZ_BYTES(ppcnt_reg), MLX5_REG_PPCNT, 0, 0);
+
+	stats->link_down_events = MLX5_GET(ppcnt_reg, out,
+					   counter_set.phys_layer_cntrs.link_down_events);
+}
+
 static int fec_num_lanes(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
 	u32 out[MLX5_ST_SZ_DW(pmlp_reg)] = {};
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.h
index 9f781085be4711336fa03c8092b234f80d272651..cbc831ca646b791f5e776a46c4722f7e0f3587fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.h
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ void mlx5e_stats_eth_ctrl_get(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 void mlx5e_stats_rmon_get(struct mlx5e_priv *priv,
 			  struct ethtool_rmon_stats *rmon,
 			  const struct ethtool_rmon_hist_range **ranges);
+void mlx5e_get_link_ext_stats(struct net_device *dev,
+			      struct ethtool_link_ext_stats *stats);
 
 /* Concrete NIC Stats */