diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index c9732ca4191e..877d1122f787 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ static int mlx4_dev_cap(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_dev_cap *dev_cap)
 	mlx4_dbg(dev, "Steering mode is: %s\n",
 		 mlx4_steering_mode_str(dev->caps.steering_mode));
 
-	/* Sense port always allowed on supported devices for ConnectX1 and 2 */
-	if (dev->pdev->device != 0x1003)
+	/* Sense port always allowed on supported devices for ConnectX-1 and -2 */
+	if (mlx4_priv(dev)->pci_dev_data & MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT)
 		dev->caps.flags |= MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG_SENSE_SUPPORT;
 
 	dev->caps.log_num_macs  = log_num_mac;
@@ -2314,29 +2314,29 @@ int mlx4_restart_one(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 static DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE(mlx4_pci_table) = {
 	/* MT25408 "Hermon" SDR */
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6340), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6340), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT25408 "Hermon" DDR */
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x634a), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x634a), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT25408 "Hermon" QDR */
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6354), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6354), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT25408 "Hermon" DDR PCIe gen2 */
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6732), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6732), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT25408 "Hermon" QDR PCIe gen2 */
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x673c), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x673c), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT25408 "Hermon" EN 10GigE */
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6368), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6368), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT25408 "Hermon" EN 10GigE PCIe gen2 */
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6750), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6750), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT25458 ConnectX EN 10GBASE-T 10GigE */
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6372), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6372), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT25458 ConnectX EN 10GBASE-T+Gen2 10GigE */
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x675a), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x675a), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT26468 ConnectX EN 10GigE PCIe gen2*/
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6764), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6764), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT26438 ConnectX EN 40GigE PCIe gen2 5GT/s */
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6746), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x6746), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT26478 ConnectX2 40GigE PCIe gen2 */
-	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x676e), 0 },
+	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x676e), MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT },
 	/* MT25400 Family [ConnectX-2 Virtual Function] */
 	{ PCI_VDEVICE(MELLANOX, 0x1002), MLX4_PCI_DEV_IS_VF },
 	/* MT27500 Family [ConnectX-3] */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
index ac58189ae6da..1cf42036d7bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4.h
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ struct _rule_hw {
 
 enum {
 	MLX4_PCI_DEV_IS_VF		= 1 << 0,
+	MLX4_PCI_DEV_FORCE_SENSE_PORT	= 1 << 1,
 };
 
 struct mlx4_priv {