diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index b56c54d68d5e..03f55daecb20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -7630,8 +7630,6 @@ static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	dev->min_mtu = ETH_ZLEN;
 	dev->max_mtu = BNXT_MAX_MTU;
 
-	bnxt_dcb_init(bp);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BNXT_SRIOV
 	init_waitqueue_head(&bp->sriov_cfg_wait);
 #endif
@@ -7669,6 +7667,7 @@ static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	bnxt_hwrm_func_qcfg(bp);
 	bnxt_hwrm_port_led_qcaps(bp);
 	bnxt_ethtool_init(bp);
+	bnxt_dcb_init(bp);
 
 	bnxt_set_rx_skb_mode(bp, false);
 	bnxt_set_tpa_flags(bp);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
index 46de2f8ff024..5c6dd0ce209f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_dcb.c
@@ -553,8 +553,10 @@ static u8 bnxt_dcbnl_setdcbx(struct net_device *dev, u8 mode)
 	if ((mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_VER_CEE) || !(mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_VER_IEEE))
 		return 1;
 
-	if ((mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST) && BNXT_VF(bp))
-		return 1;
+	if (mode & DCB_CAP_DCBX_HOST) {
+		if (BNXT_VF(bp) || (bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_FW_LLDP_AGENT))
+			return 1;
+	}
 
 	if (mode == bp->dcbx_cap)
 		return 0;