diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dev.c
index 5c6874af4b65d52055185e7601a118b310095589..bb70522ad362e913dec2a8fadff5ab1fcc0f27b7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dev.c
@@ -2536,6 +2536,9 @@ static int qed_hw_get_nvm_info(struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn, struct qed_ptt *p_ptt)
 		DP_NOTICE(p_hwfn, "Unknown Speed in 0x%08x\n", link_temp);
 	}
 
+	p_hwfn->mcp_info->link_capabilities.default_speed_autoneg =
+		link->speed.autoneg;
+
 	link_temp &= NVM_CFG1_PORT_DRV_FLOW_CONTROL_MASK;
 	link_temp >>= NVM_CFG1_PORT_DRV_FLOW_CONTROL_OFFSET;
 	link->pause.autoneg = !!(link_temp &
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
index a5eef1abc5a1ed94b374b0dc7bfb02ef1561f50c..b7ad36b91e12cb71bf6658ec8e568cc61472850f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ static void qed_fill_link(struct qed_hwfn *hwfn,
 
 	/* TODO - at the moment assume supported and advertised speed equal */
 	if_link->supported_caps = QED_LM_FIBRE_BIT;
-	if (params.speed.autoneg)
+	if (link_caps.default_speed_autoneg)
 		if_link->supported_caps |= QED_LM_Autoneg_BIT;
 	if (params.pause.autoneg ||
 	    (params.pause.forced_rx && params.pause.forced_tx))
@@ -1382,6 +1382,10 @@ static void qed_fill_link(struct qed_hwfn *hwfn,
 		if_link->supported_caps |= QED_LM_Pause_BIT;
 
 	if_link->advertised_caps = if_link->supported_caps;
+	if (params.speed.autoneg)
+		if_link->advertised_caps |= QED_LM_Autoneg_BIT;
+	else
+		if_link->advertised_caps &= ~QED_LM_Autoneg_BIT;
 	if (params.speed.advertised_speeds &
 	    NVM_CFG1_PORT_DRV_SPEED_CAPABILITY_MASK_1G)
 		if_link->advertised_caps |= QED_LM_1000baseT_Half_BIT |
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.h
index 5ae35d6cc7d1fbd9f3822a03311c52cb2c362d65..2b09b854523676a61d5092021c928c0e23445798 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_mcp.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct qed_mcp_link_params {
 
 struct qed_mcp_link_capabilities {
 	u32 speed_capabilities;
+	bool default_speed_autoneg;
 };
 
 struct qed_mcp_link_state {