diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
index 0d7209eb5abfd4e71636b932176f17a98f822293..9547191e26c9d9bd272db6b21294da63b0991972 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ static int ixgbe_get_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
 	if (supported_link & IXGBE_LINK_SPEED_10GB_FULL)
 		ecmd->supported |= ixgbe_get_supported_10gtypes(hw);
 	if (supported_link & IXGBE_LINK_SPEED_1GB_FULL)
-		ecmd->supported |= SUPPORTED_1000baseT_Full;
+		ecmd->supported |= (ixgbe_isbackplane(hw->phy.media_type)) ?
+				   SUPPORTED_1000baseKX_Full :
+				   SUPPORTED_1000baseT_Full;
 	if (supported_link & IXGBE_LINK_SPEED_100_FULL)
 		ecmd->supported |= ixgbe_isbackplane(hw->phy.media_type) ?
 				   SUPPORTED_1000baseKX_Full :