diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/adapter.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/adapter.h
index 109bc630408b..08c6ddb84a04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/adapter.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/adapter.h
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ enum { /* adapter flags */
 	USING_MSI          = (1UL << 1),
 	USING_MSIX         = (1UL << 2),
 	QUEUES_BOUND       = (1UL << 3),
+	ROOT_NO_RELAXED_ORDERING = (1UL << 4),
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
index ac7a150c54e9..2b85b874fd0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
@@ -2888,6 +2888,24 @@ static int cxgb4vf_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	 */
 	adapter->name = pci_name(pdev);
 	adapter->msg_enable = DFLT_MSG_ENABLE;
+
+	/* If possible, we use PCIe Relaxed Ordering Attribute to deliver
+	 * Ingress Packet Data to Free List Buffers in order to allow for
+	 * chipset performance optimizations between the Root Complex and
+	 * Memory Controllers.  (Messages to the associated Ingress Queue
+	 * notifying new Packet Placement in the Free Lists Buffers will be
+	 * send without the Relaxed Ordering Attribute thus guaranteeing that
+	 * all preceding PCIe Transaction Layer Packets will be processed
+	 * first.)  But some Root Complexes have various issues with Upstream
+	 * Transaction Layer Packets with the Relaxed Ordering Attribute set.
+	 * The PCIe devices which under the Root Complexes will be cleared the
+	 * Relaxed Ordering bit in the configuration space, So we check our
+	 * PCIe configuration space to see if it's flagged with advice against
+	 * using Relaxed Ordering.
+	 */
+	if (!pcie_relaxed_ordering_enabled(pdev))
+		adapter->flags |= ROOT_NO_RELAXED_ORDERING;
+
 	err = adap_init0(adapter);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_unmap_bar;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c
index e37dde2ba97f..05498e7f2840 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c
@@ -2205,6 +2205,7 @@ int t4vf_sge_alloc_rxq(struct adapter *adapter, struct sge_rspq *rspq,
 	struct port_info *pi = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct fw_iq_cmd cmd, rpl;
 	int ret, iqandst, flsz = 0;
+	int relaxed = !(adapter->flags & ROOT_NO_RELAXED_ORDERING);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we're using MSI interrupts and we're not initializing the
@@ -2300,6 +2301,8 @@ int t4vf_sge_alloc_rxq(struct adapter *adapter, struct sge_rspq *rspq,
 			cpu_to_be32(
 				FW_IQ_CMD_FL0HOSTFCMODE_V(SGE_HOSTFCMODE_NONE) |
 				FW_IQ_CMD_FL0PACKEN_F |
+				FW_IQ_CMD_FL0FETCHRO_V(relaxed) |
+				FW_IQ_CMD_FL0DATARO_V(relaxed) |
 				FW_IQ_CMD_FL0PADEN_F);
 
 		/* In T6, for egress queue type FL there is internal overhead