diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 277573b3d2610e55e3cb283b0402ac998d0e8750..4a8059fcc8588e1fb0f5a60fc9554e2a623ced82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -5363,7 +5363,7 @@ static void bnxt_hwrm_set_link_common(struct bnxt *bp,
 {
 	u8 autoneg = bp->link_info.autoneg;
 	u16 fw_link_speed = bp->link_info.req_link_speed;
-	u32 advertising = bp->link_info.advertising;
+	u16 advertising = bp->link_info.advertising;
 
 	if (autoneg & BNXT_AUTONEG_SPEED) {
 		req->auto_mode |=
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index fddc316170b20ce52735458ae87d0168438543aa..0eb64013fa5e92bee672de3ab24e5d470ade6c3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ struct bnxt_link_info {
 #define BNXT_LINK_SPEED_40GB	PORT_PHY_QCFG_RESP_LINK_SPEED_40GB
 #define BNXT_LINK_SPEED_50GB	PORT_PHY_QCFG_RESP_LINK_SPEED_50GB
 	u16			support_speeds;
-	u16			auto_link_speeds;
+	u16			auto_link_speeds;	/* fw adv setting */
 #define BNXT_LINK_SPEED_MSK_100MB PORT_PHY_QCFG_RESP_SUPPORT_SPEEDS_100MB
 #define BNXT_LINK_SPEED_MSK_1GB PORT_PHY_QCFG_RESP_SUPPORT_SPEEDS_1GB
 #define BNXT_LINK_SPEED_MSK_2GB PORT_PHY_QCFG_RESP_SUPPORT_SPEEDS_2GB
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ struct bnxt_link_info {
 	u8			req_duplex;
 	u8			req_flow_ctrl;
 	u16			req_link_speed;
-	u32			advertising;
+	u16			advertising;	/* user adv setting */
 	bool			force_link_chng;
 
 	/* a copy of phy_qcfg output used to report link
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index 784aa77610bc5756ee8a8d0efe9f37d5679cbf7a..1cfa7a67cadb023613097a7b34d59821cd311960 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ u32 _bnxt_fw_to_ethtool_adv_spds(u16 fw_speeds, u8 fw_pause)
 static void bnxt_fw_to_ethtool_advertised_spds(struct bnxt_link_info *link_info,
 				struct ethtool_link_ksettings *lk_ksettings)
 {
-	u16 fw_speeds = link_info->auto_link_speeds;
+	u16 fw_speeds = link_info->advertising;
 	u8 fw_pause = 0;
 
 	if (link_info->autoneg & BNXT_AUTONEG_FLOW_CTRL)
@@ -1090,8 +1090,9 @@ static int bnxt_set_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct bnxt *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct bnxt_link_info *link_info = &bp->link_info;
 	const struct ethtool_link_settings *base = &lk_ksettings->base;
-	u32 speed, fw_advertising = 0;
 	bool set_pause = false;
+	u16 fw_advertising = 0;
+	u32 speed;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (!BNXT_SINGLE_PF(bp))