diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
index f0e0ca61438ed894c727c9576ad2d9b8d6b824d3..f914eef6573a841ea2befe1b9cb94ae437e1ee6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
@@ -538,9 +538,12 @@ static void nicvf_rcv_queue_config(struct nicvf *nic, struct queue_set *qs,
 	mbx.rq.cfg = (1ULL << 62) | (RQ_CQ_DROP << 8);
 	nicvf_send_msg_to_pf(nic, &mbx);
 
-	nicvf_queue_reg_write(nic, NIC_QSET_RQ_GEN_CFG, 0, 0x00);
-	if (!nic->sqs_mode)
+	if (!nic->sqs_mode && (qidx == 0)) {
+		/* Enable checking L3/L4 length and TCP/UDP checksums */
+		nicvf_queue_reg_write(nic, NIC_QSET_RQ_GEN_CFG, 0,
+				      (BIT(24) | BIT(23) | BIT(21)));
 		nicvf_config_vlan_stripping(nic, nic->netdev->features);
+	}
 
 	/* Enable Receive queue */
 	memset(&rq_cfg, 0, sizeof(struct rq_cfg));