diff --git a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
index 46a54b3ccea6..4025e203e8ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ struct qlcnic_ipaddr {
 #define QLCNIC_TAGGING_ENABLED		0x100
 #define QLCNIC_MACSPOOF			0x200
 #define QLCNIC_MAC_OVERRIDE_DISABLED	0x400
+#define QLCNIC_PROMISC_DISABLED		0x800
 #define QLCNIC_IS_MSI_FAMILY(adapter) \
 	((adapter)->flags & (QLCNIC_MSI_ENABLED | QLCNIC_MSIX_ENABLED))
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c
index 7f1f9b4ca0ff..53e805316f4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_hw.c
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ void qlcnic_set_multi(struct net_device *netdev)
 	qlcnic_nic_add_mac(adapter, bcast_addr);
 
 	if (netdev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) {
-		mode = VPORT_MISS_MODE_ACCEPT_ALL;
+		if (!(adapter->flags & QLCNIC_PROMISC_DISABLED))
+			mode = VPORT_MISS_MODE_ACCEPT_ALL;
 		goto send_fw_cmd;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index e3c1b80e00b1..4aada0b8ceb1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ static void
 qlcnic_set_eswitch_port_features(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter,
 		struct qlcnic_esw_func_cfg *esw_cfg)
 {
-	adapter->flags &= ~QLCNIC_MACSPOOF;
-	adapter->flags &= ~QLCNIC_MAC_OVERRIDE_DISABLED;
+	adapter->flags &= ~(QLCNIC_MACSPOOF | QLCNIC_MAC_OVERRIDE_DISABLED |
+				QLCNIC_PROMISC_DISABLED);
 
 	if (esw_cfg->mac_anti_spoof)
 		adapter->flags |= QLCNIC_MACSPOOF;
@@ -727,6 +727,9 @@ qlcnic_set_eswitch_port_features(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter,
 	if (!esw_cfg->mac_override)
 		adapter->flags |= QLCNIC_MAC_OVERRIDE_DISABLED;
 
+	if (!esw_cfg->promisc_mode)
+		adapter->flags |= QLCNIC_PROMISC_DISABLED;
+
 	qlcnic_set_netdev_features(adapter, esw_cfg);
 }
 
@@ -845,6 +848,7 @@ qlcnic_set_default_offload_settings(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 		esw_cfg.pci_func = i;
 		esw_cfg.offload_flags = BIT_0;
 		esw_cfg.mac_override = BIT_0;
+		esw_cfg.promisc_mode = BIT_0;
 		if (adapter->capabilities  & QLCNIC_FW_CAPABILITY_TSO)
 			esw_cfg.offload_flags |= (BIT_1 | BIT_2);
 		if (qlcnic_config_switch_port(adapter, &esw_cfg))
@@ -3571,6 +3575,7 @@ validate_esw_config(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter,
 						QLCNIC_NON_PRIV_FUNC) {
 				esw_cfg[i].mac_anti_spoof = 0;
 				esw_cfg[i].mac_override = 1;
+				esw_cfg[i].promisc_mode = 1;
 			}
 			break;
 		case QLCNIC_ADD_VLAN: