diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index 20da156aaf64e59101bc3ea92273db443fbb6046..4ca65b56084f94526435a58a8663d58054c924f4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -217,10 +217,14 @@ struct ethtool_value {
 	__u32	data;
 };
 
+#define PFC_STORM_PREVENTION_AUTO	0xffff
+#define PFC_STORM_PREVENTION_DISABLE	0
+
 enum tunable_id {
 	ETHTOOL_ID_UNSPEC,
 	ETHTOOL_RX_COPYBREAK,
 	ETHTOOL_TX_COPYBREAK,
+	ETHTOOL_PFC_PREVENTION_TOUT, /* timeout in msecs */
 	/*
 	 * Add your fresh new tubale attribute above and remember to update
 	 * tunable_strings[] in net/core/ethtool.c
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 157cd9efa4bedf868bd498676eb662cbfb786dab..bb6e498c6e3d55493fb74700eae429050b4c54f8 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ tunable_strings[__ETHTOOL_TUNABLE_COUNT][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
 	[ETHTOOL_ID_UNSPEC]     = "Unspec",
 	[ETHTOOL_RX_COPYBREAK]	= "rx-copybreak",
 	[ETHTOOL_TX_COPYBREAK]	= "tx-copybreak",
+	[ETHTOOL_PFC_PREVENTION_TOUT] = "pfc-prevention-tout",
 };
 
 static const char
@@ -2311,6 +2312,11 @@ static int ethtool_tunable_valid(const struct ethtool_tunable *tuna)
 		    tuna->type_id != ETHTOOL_TUNABLE_U32)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		break;
+	case ETHTOOL_PFC_PREVENTION_TOUT:
+		if (tuna->len != sizeof(u16) ||
+		    tuna->type_id != ETHTOOL_TUNABLE_U16)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}