diff --git a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
index 20209e29f814..228b91b7d6b5 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
@@ -1074,8 +1074,7 @@ static struct sock *chtls_recv_sock(struct sock *lsk,
 	csk->txq_idx = (rxq_idx < cdev->lldi->ntxq) ? rxq_idx :
 			port_id * step;
 	csk->sndbuf = newsk->sk_sndbuf;
-	csk->smac_idx = cxgb4_tp_smt_idx(cdev->lldi->adapter_type,
-					 cxgb4_port_viid(ndev));
+	csk->smac_idx = ((struct port_info *)netdev_priv(ndev))->smt_idx;
 	tp->rcv_wnd = select_rcv_wnd(csk);
 	RCV_WSCALE(tp) = select_rcv_wscale(tcp_full_space(newsk),
 					   WSCALE_OK(tp),
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
index 8ed01e07c463..97ecc8c684f5 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c
@@ -2058,8 +2058,7 @@ static int import_ep(struct c4iw_ep *ep, int iptype, __u8 *peer_ip,
 		}
 		ep->mtu = pdev->mtu;
 		ep->tx_chan = cxgb4_port_chan(pdev);
-		ep->smac_idx = cxgb4_tp_smt_idx(adapter_type,
-						cxgb4_port_viid(pdev));
+		ep->smac_idx = ((struct port_info *)netdev_priv(pdev))->smt_idx;
 		step = cdev->rdev.lldi.ntxq /
 			cdev->rdev.lldi.nchan;
 		ep->txq_idx = cxgb4_port_idx(pdev) * step;
@@ -2078,8 +2077,7 @@ static int import_ep(struct c4iw_ep *ep, int iptype, __u8 *peer_ip,
 			goto out;
 		ep->mtu = dst_mtu(dst);
 		ep->tx_chan = cxgb4_port_chan(pdev);
-		ep->smac_idx = cxgb4_tp_smt_idx(adapter_type,
-						cxgb4_port_viid(pdev));
+		ep->smac_idx = ((struct port_info *)netdev_priv(pdev))->smt_idx;
 		step = cdev->rdev.lldi.ntxq /
 			cdev->rdev.lldi.nchan;
 		ep->txq_idx = cxgb4_port_idx(pdev) * step;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4.h
index b16f4b3ef4c5..2d1ca920601e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4.h
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ struct adapter_params {
 	bool fr_nsmr_tpte_wr_support;	  /* FW support for FR_NSMR_TPTE_WR */
 	u8 fw_caps_support;		/* 32-bit Port Capabilities */
 	bool filter2_wr_support;	/* FW support for FILTER2_WR */
+	unsigned int viid_smt_extn_support:1; /* FW returns vin and smt index */
 
 	/* MPS Buffer Group Map[per Port].  Bit i is set if buffer group i is
 	 * used by the Port
@@ -592,6 +593,13 @@ struct port_info {
 	bool ptp_enable;
 	struct sched_table *sched_tbl;
 	u32 eth_flags;
+
+	/* viid and smt fields either returned by fw
+	 * or decoded by parsing viid by driver.
+	 */
+	u8 vin;
+	u8 vivld;
+	u8 smt_idx;
 };
 
 struct dentry;
@@ -1757,7 +1765,7 @@ int t4_cfg_pfvf(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox, unsigned int pf,
 		unsigned int nexact, unsigned int rcaps, unsigned int wxcaps);
 int t4_alloc_vi(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox, unsigned int port,
 		unsigned int pf, unsigned int vf, unsigned int nmac, u8 *mac,
-		unsigned int *rss_size);
+		unsigned int *rss_size, u8 *vivld, u8 *vin);
 int t4_free_vi(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox,
 	       unsigned int pf, unsigned int vf,
 	       unsigned int viid);
@@ -1783,7 +1791,7 @@ int t4_free_mac_filt(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox,
 		     unsigned int viid, unsigned int naddr,
 		     const u8 **addr, bool sleep_ok);
 int t4_change_mac(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox, unsigned int viid,
-		  int idx, const u8 *addr, bool persist, bool add_smt);
+		  int idx, const u8 *addr, bool persist, u8 *smt_idx);
 int t4_set_addr_hash(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox, unsigned int viid,
 		     bool ucast, u64 vec, bool sleep_ok);
 int t4_enable_vi_params(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index 4fbe04d5f207..7f76ad9e1ad6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static int link_start(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		ret = t4_change_mac(pi->adapter, mb, pi->viid,
 				    pi->xact_addr_filt, dev->dev_addr, true,
-				    true);
+				    &pi->smt_idx);
 		if (ret >= 0) {
 			pi->xact_addr_filt = ret;
 			ret = 0;
@@ -1584,28 +1584,6 @@ unsigned int cxgb4_best_aligned_mtu(const unsigned short *mtus,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cxgb4_best_aligned_mtu);
 
-/**
- *	cxgb4_tp_smt_idx - Get the Source Mac Table index for this VI
- *	@chip: chip type
- *	@viid: VI id of the given port
- *
- *	Return the SMT index for this VI.
- */
-unsigned int cxgb4_tp_smt_idx(enum chip_type chip, unsigned int viid)
-{
-	/* In T4/T5, SMT contains 256 SMAC entries organized in
-	 * 128 rows of 2 entries each.
-	 * In T6, SMT contains 256 SMAC entries in 256 rows.
-	 * TODO: The below code needs to be updated when we add support
-	 * for 256 VFs.
-	 */
-	if (CHELSIO_CHIP_VERSION(chip) <= CHELSIO_T5)
-		return ((viid & 0x7f) << 1);
-	else
-		return (viid & 0x7f);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cxgb4_tp_smt_idx);
-
 /**
  *	cxgb4_port_chan - get the HW channel of a port
  *	@dev: the net device for the port
@@ -2862,7 +2840,8 @@ static int cxgb_set_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
 	ret = t4_change_mac(pi->adapter, pi->adapter->pf, pi->viid,
-			    pi->xact_addr_filt, addr->sa_data, true, true);
+			    pi->xact_addr_filt, addr->sa_data, true,
+			    &pi->smt_idx);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -4466,6 +4445,15 @@ static int adap_init0(struct adapter *adap)
 		adap->params.filter2_wr_support = (ret == 0 && val[0] != 0);
 	}
 
+	/* Check if FW supports returning vin and smt index.
+	 * If this is not supported, driver will interpret
+	 * these values from viid.
+	 */
+	params[0] = FW_PARAM_DEV(OPAQUE_VIID_SMT_EXTN);
+	ret = t4_query_params(adap, adap->mbox, adap->pf, 0,
+			      1, params, val);
+	adap->params.viid_smt_extn_support = (ret == 0 && val[0] != 0);
+
 	/*
 	 * Get device capabilities so we can determine what resources we need
 	 * to manage.
@@ -4776,14 +4764,26 @@ static pci_ers_result_t eeh_slot_reset(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		return PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;
 
 	for_each_port(adap, i) {
-		struct port_info *p = adap2pinfo(adap, i);
+		struct port_info *pi = adap2pinfo(adap, i);
+		u8 vivld = 0, vin = 0;
 
-		ret = t4_alloc_vi(adap, adap->mbox, p->tx_chan, adap->pf, 0, 1,
-				  NULL, NULL);
+		ret = t4_alloc_vi(adap, adap->mbox, pi->tx_chan, adap->pf, 0, 1,
+				  NULL, NULL, &vivld, &vin);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return PCI_ERS_RESULT_DISCONNECT;
-		p->viid = ret;
-		p->xact_addr_filt = -1;
+		pi->viid = ret;
+		pi->xact_addr_filt = -1;
+		/* If fw supports returning the VIN as part of FW_VI_CMD,
+		 * save the returned values.
+		 */
+		if (adap->params.viid_smt_extn_support) {
+			pi->vivld = vivld;
+			pi->vin = vin;
+		} else {
+			/* Retrieve the values from VIID */
+			pi->vivld = FW_VIID_VIVLD_G(pi->viid);
+			pi->vin = FW_VIID_VIN_G(pi->viid);
+		}
 	}
 
 	t4_load_mtus(adap, adap->params.mtus, adap->params.a_wnd,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/l2t.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/l2t.c
index 99022c0898b5..4852febbfec3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/l2t.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/l2t.c
@@ -495,14 +495,11 @@ u64 cxgb4_select_ntuple(struct net_device *dev,
 		ntuple |= (u64)IPPROTO_TCP << tp->protocol_shift;
 
 	if (tp->vnic_shift >= 0 && (tp->ingress_config & VNIC_F)) {
-		u32 viid = cxgb4_port_viid(dev);
-		u32 vf = FW_VIID_VIN_G(viid);
-		u32 pf = FW_VIID_PFN_G(viid);
-		u32 vld = FW_VIID_VIVLD_G(viid);
+		struct port_info *pi = (struct port_info *)netdev_priv(dev);
 
-		ntuple |= (u64)(FT_VNID_ID_VF_V(vf) |
-				FT_VNID_ID_PF_V(pf) |
-				FT_VNID_ID_VLD_V(vld)) << tp->vnic_shift;
+		ntuple |= (u64)(FT_VNID_ID_VF_V(pi->vin) |
+				FT_VNID_ID_PF_V(adap->pf) |
+				FT_VNID_ID_VLD_V(pi->vivld)) << tp->vnic_shift;
 	}
 
 	return ntuple;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
index fc6a08789835..4cb261d5a077 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
@@ -7477,7 +7477,7 @@ int t4_cfg_pfvf(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox, unsigned int pf,
  */
 int t4_alloc_vi(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox, unsigned int port,
 		unsigned int pf, unsigned int vf, unsigned int nmac, u8 *mac,
-		unsigned int *rss_size)
+		unsigned int *rss_size, u8 *vivld, u8 *vin)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct fw_vi_cmd c;
@@ -7512,6 +7512,13 @@ int t4_alloc_vi(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox, unsigned int port,
 	}
 	if (rss_size)
 		*rss_size = FW_VI_CMD_RSSSIZE_G(be16_to_cpu(c.rsssize_pkd));
+
+	if (vivld)
+		*vivld = FW_VI_CMD_VFVLD_G(be32_to_cpu(c.alloc_to_len16));
+
+	if (vin)
+		*vin = FW_VI_CMD_VIN_G(be32_to_cpu(c.alloc_to_len16));
+
 	return FW_VI_CMD_VIID_G(be16_to_cpu(c.type_viid));
 }
 
@@ -7969,7 +7976,7 @@ int t4_free_mac_filt(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox,
  *	MAC value.
  */
 int t4_change_mac(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox, unsigned int viid,
-		  int idx, const u8 *addr, bool persist, bool add_smt)
+		  int idx, const u8 *addr, bool persist, u8 *smt_idx)
 {
 	int ret, mode;
 	struct fw_vi_mac_cmd c;
@@ -7978,7 +7985,7 @@ int t4_change_mac(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox, unsigned int viid,
 
 	if (idx < 0)                             /* new allocation */
 		idx = persist ? FW_VI_MAC_ADD_PERSIST_MAC : FW_VI_MAC_ADD_MAC;
-	mode = add_smt ? FW_VI_MAC_SMT_AND_MPSTCAM : FW_VI_MAC_MPS_TCAM_ENTRY;
+	mode = smt_idx ? FW_VI_MAC_SMT_AND_MPSTCAM : FW_VI_MAC_MPS_TCAM_ENTRY;
 
 	memset(&c, 0, sizeof(c));
 	c.op_to_viid = cpu_to_be32(FW_CMD_OP_V(FW_VI_MAC_CMD) |
@@ -7995,6 +8002,23 @@ int t4_change_mac(struct adapter *adap, unsigned int mbox, unsigned int viid,
 		ret = FW_VI_MAC_CMD_IDX_G(be16_to_cpu(p->valid_to_idx));
 		if (ret >= max_mac_addr)
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
+		if (smt_idx) {
+			if (adap->params.viid_smt_extn_support) {
+				*smt_idx = FW_VI_MAC_CMD_SMTID_G
+						    (be32_to_cpu(c.op_to_viid));
+			} else {
+				/* In T4/T5, SMT contains 256 SMAC entries
+				 * organized in 128 rows of 2 entries each.
+				 * In T6, SMT contains 256 SMAC entries in
+				 * 256 rows.
+				 */
+				if (CHELSIO_CHIP_VERSION(adap->params.chip) <=
+								     CHELSIO_T5)
+					*smt_idx = (viid & FW_VIID_VIN_M) << 1;
+				else
+					*smt_idx = (viid & FW_VIID_VIN_M);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -9363,6 +9387,7 @@ int t4_init_portinfo(struct port_info *pi, int mbox,
 	enum fw_port_type port_type;
 	int mdio_addr;
 	fw_port_cap32_t pcaps, acaps;
+	u8 vivld = 0, vin = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* If we haven't yet determined whether we're talking to Firmware
@@ -9417,7 +9442,8 @@ int t4_init_portinfo(struct port_info *pi, int mbox,
 		acaps = be32_to_cpu(cmd.u.info32.acaps32);
 	}
 
-	ret = t4_alloc_vi(pi->adapter, mbox, port, pf, vf, 1, mac, &rss_size);
+	ret = t4_alloc_vi(pi->adapter, mbox, port, pf, vf, 1, mac, &rss_size,
+			  &vivld, &vin);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -9426,6 +9452,18 @@ int t4_init_portinfo(struct port_info *pi, int mbox,
 	pi->lport = port;
 	pi->rss_size = rss_size;
 
+	/* If fw supports returning the VIN as part of FW_VI_CMD,
+	 * save the returned values.
+	 */
+	if (adapter->params.viid_smt_extn_support) {
+		pi->vivld = vivld;
+		pi->vin = vin;
+	} else {
+		/* Retrieve the values from VIID */
+		pi->vivld = FW_VIID_VIVLD_G(pi->viid);
+		pi->vin =  FW_VIID_VIN_G(pi->viid);
+	}
+
 	pi->port_type = port_type;
 	pi->mdio_addr = mdio_addr;
 	pi->mod_type = FW_PORT_MOD_TYPE_NA;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4fw_api.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4fw_api.h
index 57584ab32043..1d9b3e1e5f94 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4fw_api.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4fw_api.h
@@ -1253,6 +1253,7 @@ enum fw_params_param_dev {
 	FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_HMA_SIZE	= 0x20,
 	FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_RDMA_WRITE_WITH_IMM = 0x21,
 	FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_RI_WRITE_CMPL_WR    = 0x24,
+	FW_PARAMS_PARAM_DEV_OPAQUE_VIID_SMT_EXTN = 0x27,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -2109,6 +2110,19 @@ struct fw_vi_cmd {
 #define FW_VI_CMD_FREE_V(x)	((x) << FW_VI_CMD_FREE_S)
 #define FW_VI_CMD_FREE_F	FW_VI_CMD_FREE_V(1U)
 
+#define FW_VI_CMD_VFVLD_S	24
+#define FW_VI_CMD_VFVLD_M	0x1
+#define FW_VI_CMD_VFVLD_V(x)	((x) << FW_VI_CMD_VFVLD_S)
+#define FW_VI_CMD_VFVLD_G(x)	\
+	(((x) >> FW_VI_CMD_VFVLD_S) & FW_VI_CMD_VFVLD_M)
+#define FW_VI_CMD_VFVLD_F	FW_VI_CMD_VFVLD_V(1U)
+
+#define FW_VI_CMD_VIN_S		16
+#define FW_VI_CMD_VIN_M		0xff
+#define FW_VI_CMD_VIN_V(x)	((x) << FW_VI_CMD_VIN_S)
+#define FW_VI_CMD_VIN_G(x)	\
+	(((x) >> FW_VI_CMD_VIN_S) & FW_VI_CMD_VIN_M)
+
 #define FW_VI_CMD_VIID_S	0
 #define FW_VI_CMD_VIID_M	0xfff
 #define FW_VI_CMD_VIID_V(x)	((x) << FW_VI_CMD_VIID_S)
@@ -2182,6 +2196,12 @@ struct fw_vi_mac_cmd {
 	} u;
 };
 
+#define FW_VI_MAC_CMD_SMTID_S		12
+#define FW_VI_MAC_CMD_SMTID_M		0xff
+#define FW_VI_MAC_CMD_SMTID_V(x)	((x) << FW_VI_MAC_CMD_SMTID_S)
+#define FW_VI_MAC_CMD_SMTID_G(x)	\
+	(((x) >> FW_VI_MAC_CMD_SMTID_S) & FW_VI_MAC_CMD_SMTID_M)
+
 #define FW_VI_MAC_CMD_VIID_S	0
 #define FW_VI_MAC_CMD_VIID_V(x)	((x) << FW_VI_MAC_CMD_VIID_S)
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
index 064ef5735182..907dd8792a0a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/cxgb4i/cxgb4i.c
@@ -1767,8 +1767,7 @@ static int init_act_open(struct cxgbi_sock *csk)
 		csk->mtu = dst_mtu(csk->dst);
 	cxgb4_best_mtu(lldi->mtus, csk->mtu, &csk->mss_idx);
 	csk->tx_chan = cxgb4_port_chan(ndev);
-	csk->smac_idx = cxgb4_tp_smt_idx(lldi->adapter_type,
-					 cxgb4_port_viid(ndev));
+	csk->smac_idx = ((struct port_info *)netdev_priv(ndev))->smt_idx;
 	step = lldi->ntxq / lldi->nchan;
 	csk->txq_idx = cxgb4_port_idx(ndev) * step;
 	step = lldi->nrxq / lldi->nchan;
diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/cxgbit_cm.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/cxgbit_cm.c
index 71888b979ab5..0376d7328f25 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/cxgbit_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/cxgbit/cxgbit_cm.c
@@ -932,8 +932,8 @@ cxgbit_offload_init(struct cxgbit_sock *csk, int iptype, __u8 *peer_ip,
 			goto out;
 		csk->mtu = ndev->mtu;
 		csk->tx_chan = cxgb4_port_chan(ndev);
-		csk->smac_idx = cxgb4_tp_smt_idx(cdev->lldi.adapter_type,
-						 cxgb4_port_viid(ndev));
+		csk->smac_idx =
+			       ((struct port_info *)netdev_priv(ndev))->smt_idx;
 		step = cdev->lldi.ntxq /
 			cdev->lldi.nchan;
 		csk->txq_idx = cxgb4_port_idx(ndev) * step;
@@ -968,8 +968,8 @@ cxgbit_offload_init(struct cxgbit_sock *csk, int iptype, __u8 *peer_ip,
 		port_id = cxgb4_port_idx(ndev);
 		csk->mtu = dst_mtu(dst);
 		csk->tx_chan = cxgb4_port_chan(ndev);
-		csk->smac_idx = cxgb4_tp_smt_idx(cdev->lldi.adapter_type,
-						 cxgb4_port_viid(ndev));
+		csk->smac_idx =
+			       ((struct port_info *)netdev_priv(ndev))->smt_idx;
 		step = cdev->lldi.ntxq /
 			cdev->lldi.nports;
 		csk->txq_idx = (port_id * step) +