diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c index ee9fa0c2c8b9..e89dba790a2d 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_ethtool.c @@ -1081,6 +1081,14 @@ int mlx5e_ethtool_set_link_ksettings(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, link_modes = autoneg == AUTONEG_ENABLE ? ethtool2ptys_adver_func(adver) : mlx5e_port_speed2linkmodes(mdev, speed, !ext); + if ((link_modes & MLX5E_PROT_MASK(MLX5E_56GBASE_R4)) && + autoneg != AUTONEG_ENABLE) { + netdev_err(priv->netdev, "%s: 56G link speed requires autoneg enabled\n", + __func__); + err = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } + link_modes = link_modes & eproto.cap; if (!link_modes) { netdev_err(priv->netdev, "%s: Not supported link mode(s) requested",