diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index db15c5ee09c53a528ea405961734dae927af0e06..bdf094fb6ef92062d62d428109e277ba9e9d15f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -3625,6 +3625,7 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_func_qcaps(struct bnxt *bp)
 		pf->fw_fid = le16_to_cpu(resp->fid);
 		pf->port_id = le16_to_cpu(resp->port_id);
 		memcpy(pf->mac_addr, resp->perm_mac_address, ETH_ALEN);
+		memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, pf->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 		pf->max_rsscos_ctxs = le16_to_cpu(resp->max_rsscos_ctx);
 		pf->max_cp_rings = le16_to_cpu(resp->max_cmpl_rings);
 		pf->max_tx_rings = le16_to_cpu(resp->max_tx_rings);
@@ -3648,8 +3649,11 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_func_qcaps(struct bnxt *bp)
 
 		vf->fw_fid = le16_to_cpu(resp->fid);
 		memcpy(vf->mac_addr, resp->perm_mac_address, ETH_ALEN);
-		if (!is_valid_ether_addr(vf->mac_addr))
-			random_ether_addr(vf->mac_addr);
+		if (is_valid_ether_addr(vf->mac_addr))
+			/* overwrite netdev dev_adr with admin VF MAC */
+			memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, vf->mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+		else
+			random_ether_addr(bp->dev->dev_addr);
 
 		vf->max_rsscos_ctxs = le16_to_cpu(resp->max_rsscos_ctx);
 		vf->max_cp_rings = le16_to_cpu(resp->max_cmpl_rings);
@@ -3880,6 +3884,8 @@ static int bnxt_alloc_rfs_vnics(struct bnxt *bp)
 #endif
 }
 
+static int bnxt_cfg_rx_mode(struct bnxt *);
+
 static int bnxt_init_chip(struct bnxt *bp, bool irq_re_init)
 {
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -3946,11 +3952,9 @@ static int bnxt_init_chip(struct bnxt *bp, bool irq_re_init)
 		bp->vnic_info[0].rx_mask |=
 				CFA_L2_SET_RX_MASK_REQ_MASK_PROMISCUOUS;
 
-	rc = bnxt_hwrm_cfa_l2_set_rx_mask(bp, 0);
-	if (rc) {
-		netdev_err(bp->dev, "HWRM cfa l2 rx mask failure rc: %x\n", rc);
+	rc = bnxt_cfg_rx_mode(bp);
+	if (rc)
 		goto err_out;
-	}
 
 	rc = bnxt_hwrm_set_coal(bp);
 	if (rc)
@@ -4865,7 +4869,7 @@ static void bnxt_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 }
 
-static void bnxt_cfg_rx_mode(struct bnxt *bp)
+static int bnxt_cfg_rx_mode(struct bnxt *bp)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = bp->dev;
 	struct bnxt_vnic_info *vnic = &bp->vnic_info[0];
@@ -4914,6 +4918,7 @@ static void bnxt_cfg_rx_mode(struct bnxt *bp)
 			netdev_err(bp->dev, "HWRM vnic filter failure rc: %x\n",
 				   rc);
 			vnic->uc_filter_count = i;
+			return rc;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -4922,6 +4927,8 @@ static void bnxt_cfg_rx_mode(struct bnxt *bp)
 	if (rc)
 		netdev_err(bp->dev, "HWRM cfa l2 rx mask failure rc: %x\n",
 			   rc);
+
+	return rc;
 }
 
 static netdev_features_t bnxt_fix_features(struct net_device *dev,
@@ -5212,13 +5219,27 @@ static int bnxt_init_board(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct net_device *dev)
 static int bnxt_change_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
 {
 	struct sockaddr *addr = p;
+	struct bnxt *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
+	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BNXT_SRIOV
+	if (BNXT_VF(bp) && is_valid_ether_addr(bp->vf.mac_addr))
+		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+#endif
+
+	if (ether_addr_equal(addr->sa_data, dev->dev_addr))
+		return 0;
+
 	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, dev->addr_len);
+	if (netif_running(dev)) {
+		bnxt_close_nic(bp, false, false);
+		rc = bnxt_open_nic(bp, false, false);
+	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return rc;
 }
 
 /* rtnl_lock held */
@@ -5686,15 +5707,12 @@ static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	bnxt_set_tpa_flags(bp);
 	bnxt_set_ring_params(bp);
 	dflt_rings = netif_get_num_default_rss_queues();
-	if (BNXT_PF(bp)) {
-		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, bp->pf.mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	if (BNXT_PF(bp))
 		bp->pf.max_irqs = max_irqs;
-	} else {
 #if defined(CONFIG_BNXT_SRIOV)
-		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, bp->vf.mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	else
 		bp->vf.max_irqs = max_irqs;
 #endif
-	}
 	bnxt_get_max_rings(bp, &max_rx_rings, &max_tx_rings);
 	bp->rx_nr_rings = min_t(int, dflt_rings, max_rx_rings);
 	bp->tx_nr_rings_per_tc = min_t(int, dflt_rings, max_tx_rings);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c
index f4cf6886106906d90bff221038b83914d9bbbd24..7a9af2887d8ed83f6a8672f8c1b6e18cd572c28a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c
@@ -804,10 +804,9 @@ void bnxt_update_vf_mac(struct bnxt *bp)
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(resp->perm_mac_address))
 		goto update_vf_mac_exit;
 
-	if (ether_addr_equal(resp->perm_mac_address, bp->vf.mac_addr))
-		goto update_vf_mac_exit;
-
-	memcpy(bp->vf.mac_addr, resp->perm_mac_address, ETH_ALEN);
+	if (!ether_addr_equal(resp->perm_mac_address, bp->vf.mac_addr))
+		memcpy(bp->vf.mac_addr, resp->perm_mac_address, ETH_ALEN);
+	/* overwrite netdev dev_adr with admin VF MAC */
 	memcpy(bp->dev->dev_addr, bp->vf.mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
 update_vf_mac_exit:
 	mutex_unlock(&bp->hwrm_cmd_lock);