diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c
index 5328ecc8cea2..03a91c69e630 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.c
@@ -119,6 +119,24 @@ void *cgx_get_pdata(int cgx_id)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cgx_get_pdata);
 
+int cgx_lmac_rx_tx_enable(void *cgxd, int lmac_id, bool enable)
+{
+	struct cgx *cgx = cgxd;
+	u64 cfg;
+
+	if (!cgx || lmac_id >= cgx->lmac_count)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	cfg = cgx_read(cgx, lmac_id, CGXX_CMRX_CFG);
+	if (enable)
+		cfg |= CMR_EN | DATA_PKT_RX_EN | DATA_PKT_TX_EN;
+	else
+		cfg &= ~(CMR_EN | DATA_PKT_RX_EN | DATA_PKT_TX_EN);
+	cgx_write(cgx, lmac_id, CGXX_CMRX_CFG, cfg);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cgx_lmac_rx_tx_enable);
+
 /* CGX Firmware interface low level support */
 static int cgx_fwi_cmd_send(u64 req, u64 *resp, struct lmac *lmac)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.h
index a2a7a6d72d32..90979353216c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/cgx.h
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 #define CGX_OFFSET(x)			((x) * MAX_LMAC_PER_CGX)
 
 /* Registers */
+#define CGXX_CMRX_CFG			0x00
+#define  CMR_EN					BIT_ULL(55)
+#define  DATA_PKT_TX_EN				BIT_ULL(53)
+#define  DATA_PKT_RX_EN				BIT_ULL(54)
 #define CGXX_CMRX_INT			0x040
 #define  FW_CGX_INT				BIT_ULL(1)
 #define CGXX_CMRX_INT_ENA_W1S		0x058
@@ -62,4 +66,5 @@ int cgx_get_cgx_cnt(void);
 int cgx_get_lmac_cnt(void *cgxd);
 void *cgx_get_pdata(int cgx_id);
 int cgx_lmac_evh_register(struct cgx_event_cb *cb, void *cgxd, int lmac_id);
+int cgx_lmac_rx_tx_enable(void *cgxd, int lmac_id, bool enable);
 #endif /* CGX_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/mbox.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/mbox.h
index bedf0ee62450..6b66cf0a5e71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/mbox.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/mbox.h
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ M(ATTACH_RESOURCES,	0x002, rsrc_attach, msg_rsp)			\
 M(DETACH_RESOURCES,	0x003, rsrc_detach, msg_rsp)			\
 M(MSIX_OFFSET,		0x004, msg_req, msix_offset_rsp)		\
 /* CGX mbox IDs (range 0x200 - 0x3FF) */				\
+M(CGX_START_RXTX,	0x200, msg_req, msg_rsp)			\
+M(CGX_STOP_RXTX,	0x201, msg_req, msg_rsp)			\
 /* NPA mbox IDs (range 0x400 - 0x5FF) */				\
 /* SSO/SSOW mbox IDs (range 0x600 - 0x7FF) */				\
 /* TIM mbox IDs (range 0x800 - 0x9FF) */				\
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
index d169fa9eb45e..4cf2bcb95644 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
@@ -153,6 +153,22 @@ int rvu_get_blkaddr(struct rvu *rvu, int blktype, u16 pcifunc);
 int rvu_poll_reg(struct rvu *rvu, u64 block, u64 offset, u64 mask, bool zero);
 
 /* CGX APIs */
+static inline bool is_pf_cgxmapped(struct rvu *rvu, u8 pf)
+{
+	return (pf >= PF_CGXMAP_BASE && pf <= rvu->cgx_mapped_pfs);
+}
+
+static inline void rvu_get_cgx_lmac_id(u8 map, u8 *cgx_id, u8 *lmac_id)
+{
+	*cgx_id = (map >> 4) & 0xF;
+	*lmac_id = (map & 0xF);
+}
+
 int rvu_cgx_probe(struct rvu *rvu);
 void rvu_cgx_wq_destroy(struct rvu *rvu);
+int rvu_cgx_config_rxtx(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc, bool start);
+int rvu_mbox_handler_CGX_START_RXTX(struct rvu *rvu, struct msg_req *req,
+				    struct msg_rsp *rsp);
+int rvu_mbox_handler_CGX_STOP_RXTX(struct rvu *rvu, struct msg_req *req,
+				   struct msg_rsp *rsp);
 #endif /* RVU_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
index 5ecc22308b22..75a03a840e7a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
@@ -192,3 +192,35 @@ int rvu_cgx_probe(struct rvu *rvu)
 	cgx_lmac_event_handler_init(rvu);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int rvu_cgx_config_rxtx(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc, bool start)
+{
+	int pf = rvu_get_pf(pcifunc);
+	u8 cgx_id, lmac_id;
+
+	/* This msg is expected only from PFs that are mapped to CGX LMACs,
+	 * if received from other PF/VF simply ACK, nothing to do.
+	 */
+	if ((pcifunc & RVU_PFVF_FUNC_MASK) || !is_pf_cgxmapped(rvu, pf))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	rvu_get_cgx_lmac_id(rvu->pf2cgxlmac_map[pf], &cgx_id, &lmac_id);
+
+	cgx_lmac_rx_tx_enable(rvu_cgx_pdata(cgx_id, rvu), lmac_id, start);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int rvu_mbox_handler_CGX_START_RXTX(struct rvu *rvu, struct msg_req *req,
+				    struct msg_rsp *rsp)
+{
+	rvu_cgx_config_rxtx(rvu, req->hdr.pcifunc, true);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int rvu_mbox_handler_CGX_STOP_RXTX(struct rvu *rvu, struct msg_req *req,
+				   struct msg_rsp *rsp)
+{
+	rvu_cgx_config_rxtx(rvu, req->hdr.pcifunc, false);
+	return 0;
+}