diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index 05af33e1d810..7bfd062fbadc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -138,6 +138,19 @@
 /* default to trying for four seconds */
 #define I40E_TRY_LINK_TIMEOUT (4 * HZ)
 
+/**
+ * i40e_is_mac_710 - Return true if MAC is X710/XL710
+ * @hw: ptr to the hardware info
+ **/
+static inline bool i40e_is_mac_710(struct i40e_hw *hw)
+{
+	if ((hw->mac.type == I40E_MAC_X710) ||
+	    (hw->mac.type == I40E_MAC_XL710))
+		return true;
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /* driver state flags */
 enum i40e_state_t {
 	__I40E_TESTING,
@@ -342,6 +355,9 @@ struct i40e_pf {
 #define I40E_FLAG_NO_PCI_LINK_CHECK		BIT_ULL(42)
 #define I40E_FLAG_100M_SGMII_CAPABLE		BIT_ULL(43)
 #define I40E_FLAG_RESTART_AUTONEG		BIT_ULL(44)
+#define I40E_FLAG_NO_DCB_SUPPORT		BIT_ULL(45)
+#define I40E_FLAG_USE_SET_LLDP_MIB		BIT_ULL(46)
+#define I40E_FLAG_STOP_FW_LLDP			BIT_ULL(47)
 #define I40E_FLAG_PF_MAC			BIT_ULL(50)
 
 	/* tracks features that get auto disabled by errors */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index e974db32975b..81b789587037 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -5012,8 +5012,7 @@ static int i40e_init_pf_dcb(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 	int err = 0;
 
 	/* Do not enable DCB for SW1 and SW2 images even if the FW is capable */
-	if (((pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver == 4) && (pf->hw.aq.fw_min_ver < 33)) ||
-	    (pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver < 4))
+	if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_NO_DCB_SUPPORT)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* Get the initial DCB configuration */
@@ -8425,11 +8424,25 @@ static int i40e_sw_init(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 				 pf->hw.func_caps.fd_filters_best_effort;
 	}
 
-	if (((pf->hw.mac.type == I40E_MAC_X710) ||
-	     (pf->hw.mac.type == I40E_MAC_XL710)) &&
+	if (i40e_is_mac_710(&pf->hw) &&
 	    (((pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver == 4) && (pf->hw.aq.fw_min_ver < 33)) ||
-	    (pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver < 4)))
+	    (pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver < 4))) {
 		pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_RESTART_AUTONEG;
+		/* No DCB support  for FW < v4.33 */
+		pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_NO_DCB_SUPPORT;
+	}
+
+	/* Disable FW LLDP if FW < v4.3 */
+	if (i40e_is_mac_710(&pf->hw) &&
+	    (((pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver == 4) && (pf->hw.aq.fw_min_ver < 3)) ||
+	    (pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver < 4)))
+		pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_STOP_FW_LLDP;
+
+	/* Use the FW Set LLDP MIB API if FW > v4.40 */
+	if (i40e_is_mac_710(&pf->hw) &&
+	    (((pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver == 4) && (pf->hw.aq.fw_min_ver >= 40)) ||
+	    (pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver >= 5)))
+		pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_USE_SET_LLDP_MIB;
 
 	if (pf->hw.func_caps.vmdq) {
 		pf->num_vmdq_vsis = I40E_DEFAULT_NUM_VMDQ_VSI;
@@ -8458,6 +8471,7 @@ static int i40e_sw_init(struct i40e_pf *pf)
 			     I40E_FLAG_WB_ON_ITR_CAPABLE |
 			     I40E_FLAG_MULTIPLE_TCP_UDP_RSS_PCTYPE |
 			     I40E_FLAG_100M_SGMII_CAPABLE |
+			     I40E_FLAG_USE_SET_LLDP_MIB |
 			     I40E_FLAG_GENEVE_OFFLOAD_CAPABLE;
 	} else if ((pf->hw.aq.api_maj_ver > 1) ||
 		   ((pf->hw.aq.api_maj_ver == 1) &&
@@ -10825,8 +10839,7 @@ static int i40e_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	 * Ignore error return codes because if it was already disabled via
 	 * hardware settings this will fail
 	 */
-	if (((pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver == 4) && (pf->hw.aq.fw_min_ver < 3)) ||
-	    (pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver < 4)) {
+	if (pf->flags & I40E_FLAG_STOP_FW_LLDP) {
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Stopping firmware LLDP agent.\n");
 		i40e_aq_stop_lldp(hw, true, NULL);
 	}