diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c
index 8d139f7b393a09231a616ebe2133328e55761642..d4b2914376db8c7d2a8ea9dfe44b31579a16b324 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_dcb_nl.c
@@ -542,24 +542,15 @@ static void ixgbe_dcbnl_setpfcstate(struct net_device *netdev, u8 state)
 static u8 ixgbe_dcbnl_getapp(struct net_device *netdev, u8 idtype, u16 id)
 {
 	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	u8 rval = 0;
+	struct dcb_app app = {
+				.selector = idtype,
+				.protocol = id,
+			     };
 
 	if (!(adapter->dcbx_cap & DCB_CAP_DCBX_VER_CEE))
-		return rval;
+		return 0;
 
-	switch (idtype) {
-	case DCB_APP_IDTYPE_ETHTYPE:
-#ifdef IXGBE_FCOE
-		if (id == ETH_P_FCOE)
-			rval = ixgbe_fcoe_getapp(adapter);
-#endif
-		break;
-	case DCB_APP_IDTYPE_PORTNUM:
-		break;
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-	return rval;
+	return dcb_getapp(netdev, &app);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -576,10 +567,17 @@ static u8 ixgbe_dcbnl_setapp(struct net_device *netdev,
 {
 	struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	u8 rval = 1;
+	struct dcb_app app = {
+			      .selector = idtype,
+			      .protocol = id,
+			      .priority = up
+			     };
 
 	if (!(adapter->dcbx_cap & DCB_CAP_DCBX_VER_CEE))
 		return rval;
 
+	rval = dcb_setapp(netdev, &app);
+
 	switch (idtype) {
 	case DCB_APP_IDTYPE_ETHTYPE:
 #ifdef IXGBE_FCOE
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
index 00af15a9cdc66ade900df22eaa3f717dd77884e6..dba7d77588ef629bcdcc2d2b95f11d0625dc680d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_fcoe.c
@@ -812,21 +812,6 @@ int ixgbe_fcoe_disable(struct net_device *netdev)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_DCB
-/**
- * ixgbe_fcoe_getapp - retrieves current user priority bitmap for FCoE
- * @adapter : ixgbe adapter
- *
- * Finds out the corresponding user priority bitmap from the current
- * traffic class that FCoE belongs to. Returns 0 as the invalid user
- * priority bitmap to indicate an error.
- *
- * Returns : 802.1p user priority bitmap for FCoE
- */
-u8 ixgbe_fcoe_getapp(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
-{
-	return 1 << adapter->fcoe.up;
-}
-
 /**
  * ixgbe_fcoe_setapp - sets the user priority bitmap for FCoE
  * @adapter : ixgbe adapter