diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index 47f6c0a9c9fe5c64eaf118d5b736681a6adac978..53ed3bdd836311be4b0b4e2c383e8a2e04c311fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ struct i40e_pf {
 #define I40E_FLAG_GENEVE_OFFLOAD_CAPABLE	BIT_ULL(41)
 #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_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 d078a6331365c3a1705195e59bb9c1c6d8efd265..1a7022ca4750c3378ab775199687b0e658b0e4a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -6889,8 +6889,7 @@ static void i40e_reset_and_rebuild(struct i40e_pf *pf, bool reinit)
 		wr32(hw, I40E_REG_MSS, val);
 	}
 
-	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_RESTART_AUTONEG) {
 		msleep(75);
 		ret = i40e_aq_set_link_restart_an(&pf->hw, true, NULL);
 		if (ret)
@@ -8367,6 +8366,12 @@ 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)) &&
+	    (((pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver == 4) && (pf->hw.aq.fw_min_ver < 33)) ||
+	    (pf->hw.aq.fw_maj_ver < 4)))
+		pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_RESTART_AUTONEG;
+
 	if (pf->hw.func_caps.vmdq) {
 		pf->num_vmdq_vsis = I40E_DEFAULT_NUM_VMDQ_VSI;
 		pf->flags |= I40E_FLAG_VMDQ_ENABLED;
@@ -10904,8 +10909,7 @@ static int i40e_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		wr32(hw, I40E_REG_MSS, val);
 	}
 
-	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_RESTART_AUTONEG) {
 		msleep(75);
 		err = i40e_aq_set_link_restart_an(&pf->hw, true, NULL);
 		if (err)