diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c
index 21eb5d447d31..5985a7e5ca8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ static int ice_vsi_alloc_q_vector(struct ice_vsi *vsi, u16 v_idx)
 	q_vector->v_idx = v_idx;
 	q_vector->tx.itr_setting = ICE_DFLT_TX_ITR;
 	q_vector->rx.itr_setting = ICE_DFLT_RX_ITR;
+	q_vector->tx.itr_mode = ITR_DYNAMIC;
+	q_vector->rx.itr_mode = ITR_DYNAMIC;
+
 	if (vsi->type == ICE_VSI_VF)
 		goto out;
 	/* only set affinity_mask if the CPU is online */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
index 6c057eb6cc45..68c8ad8d157e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
@@ -3510,13 +3510,13 @@ ice_get_rc_coalesce(struct ethtool_coalesce *ec, enum ice_container_type c_type,
 
 	switch (c_type) {
 	case ICE_RX_CONTAINER:
-		ec->use_adaptive_rx_coalesce = ITR_IS_DYNAMIC(rc->itr_setting);
-		ec->rx_coalesce_usecs = rc->itr_setting & ~ICE_ITR_DYNAMIC;
+		ec->use_adaptive_rx_coalesce = ITR_IS_DYNAMIC(rc);
+		ec->rx_coalesce_usecs = rc->itr_setting;
 		ec->rx_coalesce_usecs_high = rc->ring->q_vector->intrl;
 		break;
 	case ICE_TX_CONTAINER:
-		ec->use_adaptive_tx_coalesce = ITR_IS_DYNAMIC(rc->itr_setting);
-		ec->tx_coalesce_usecs = rc->itr_setting & ~ICE_ITR_DYNAMIC;
+		ec->use_adaptive_tx_coalesce = ITR_IS_DYNAMIC(rc);
+		ec->tx_coalesce_usecs = rc->itr_setting;
 		break;
 	default:
 		dev_dbg(ice_pf_to_dev(pf), "Invalid c_type %d\n", c_type);
@@ -3661,7 +3661,7 @@ ice_set_rc_coalesce(enum ice_container_type c_type, struct ethtool_coalesce *ec,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	itr_setting = rc->itr_setting & ~ICE_ITR_DYNAMIC;
+	itr_setting = rc->itr_setting;
 	if (coalesce_usecs != itr_setting && use_adaptive_coalesce) {
 		netdev_info(vsi->netdev, "%s interrupt throttling cannot be changed if adaptive-%s is enabled\n",
 			    c_type_str, c_type_str);
@@ -3675,8 +3675,9 @@ ice_set_rc_coalesce(enum ice_container_type c_type, struct ethtool_coalesce *ec,
 	}
 
 	if (use_adaptive_coalesce) {
-		rc->itr_setting |= ICE_ITR_DYNAMIC;
+		rc->itr_mode = ITR_DYNAMIC;
 	} else {
+		rc->itr_mode = ITR_STATIC;
 		/* store user facing value how it was set */
 		rc->itr_setting = coalesce_usecs;
 		/* write the change to the register */
@@ -3747,8 +3748,6 @@ ice_print_if_odd_usecs(struct net_device *netdev, u16 itr_setting,
 	if (use_adaptive_coalesce)
 		return;
 
-	itr_setting = ITR_TO_REG(itr_setting);
-
 	if (itr_setting != coalesce_usecs && (coalesce_usecs % 2))
 		netdev_info(netdev, "User set %s-usecs to %d, device only supports even values. Rounding down and attempting to set %s-usecs to %d\n",
 			    c_type_str, coalesce_usecs, c_type_str,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
index a080cf7bc2d1..45837e9eee86 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
@@ -1816,10 +1816,6 @@ static void __ice_write_itr(struct ice_q_vector *q_vector,
  * ice_write_itr - write throttle rate to queue specific register
  * @rc: pointer to ring container
  * @itr: throttle rate in microseconds to write
- *
- * This function is resilient to having the 0x8000 bit set which
- * is indicating that an ITR value is "DYNAMIC", and will write
- * the correct value to the register.
  */
 void ice_write_itr(struct ice_ring_container *rc, u16 itr)
 {
@@ -1830,9 +1826,6 @@ void ice_write_itr(struct ice_ring_container *rc, u16 itr)
 
 	q_vector = rc->ring->q_vector;
 
-	/* clear the "DYNAMIC" bit */
-	itr = ITR_TO_REG(itr);
-
 	__ice_write_itr(q_vector, rc, itr);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
index 1ce9ad02477d..e2b4b29ea207 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ static void ice_net_dim(struct ice_q_vector *q_vector)
 	struct ice_ring_container *tx = &q_vector->tx;
 	struct ice_ring_container *rx = &q_vector->rx;
 
-	if (ITR_IS_DYNAMIC(tx->itr_setting)) {
+	if (ITR_IS_DYNAMIC(tx)) {
 		struct dim_sample dim_sample = {};
 		u64 packets = 0, bytes = 0;
 		struct ice_ring *ring;
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ static void ice_net_dim(struct ice_q_vector *q_vector)
 		net_dim(&tx->dim, dim_sample);
 	}
 
-	if (ITR_IS_DYNAMIC(rx->itr_setting)) {
+	if (ITR_IS_DYNAMIC(rx)) {
 		struct dim_sample dim_sample = {};
 		u64 packets = 0, bytes = 0;
 		struct ice_ring *ring;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.h
index ae12b4e6453b..c5a92ac787d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.h
@@ -223,23 +223,20 @@ enum ice_rx_dtype {
 #define ICE_TX_ITR	ICE_IDX_ITR1
 #define ICE_ITR_8K	124
 #define ICE_ITR_20K	50
-#define ICE_ITR_MAX	8160
-#define ICE_DFLT_TX_ITR	(ICE_ITR_20K | ICE_ITR_DYNAMIC)
-#define ICE_DFLT_RX_ITR	(ICE_ITR_20K | ICE_ITR_DYNAMIC)
-#define ICE_ITR_DYNAMIC	0x8000  /* used as flag for itr_setting */
-#define ITR_IS_DYNAMIC(setting) (!!((setting) & ICE_ITR_DYNAMIC))
-#define ITR_TO_REG(setting)	((setting) & ~ICE_ITR_DYNAMIC)
+#define ICE_ITR_MAX	8160 /* 0x1FE0 */
+#define ICE_DFLT_TX_ITR	ICE_ITR_20K
+#define ICE_DFLT_RX_ITR	ICE_ITR_20K
+enum ice_dynamic_itr {
+	ITR_STATIC = 0,
+	ITR_DYNAMIC = 1
+};
+
+#define ITR_IS_DYNAMIC(rc) ((rc)->itr_mode == ITR_DYNAMIC)
 #define ICE_ITR_GRAN_S		1	/* ITR granularity is always 2us */
 #define ICE_ITR_GRAN_US		BIT(ICE_ITR_GRAN_S)
 #define ICE_ITR_MASK		0x1FFE	/* ITR register value alignment mask */
 #define ITR_REG_ALIGN(setting)	((setting) & ICE_ITR_MASK)
 
-#define ICE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_MIN_INC	0x0002
-#define ICE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_MIN_USECS	0x0002
-#define ICE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_MAX_USECS	0x00FA
-#define ICE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_LATENCY	0x8000
-#define ICE_ITR_ADAPTIVE_BULK		0x0000
-
 #define ICE_DFLT_INTRL	0
 #define ICE_MAX_INTRL	236
 
@@ -341,11 +338,12 @@ struct ice_ring_container {
 	struct ice_ring *ring;
 	struct dim dim;		/* data for net_dim algorithm */
 	u16 itr_idx;		/* index in the interrupt vector */
-	/* high bit set means dynamic ITR, rest is used to store user
-	 * readable ITR value in usecs and must be converted before programming
-	 * to a register.
+	/* this matches the maximum number of ITR bits, but in usec
+	 * values, so it is shifted left one bit (bit zero is ignored)
 	 */
-	u16 itr_setting;
+	u16 itr_setting:13;
+	u16 itr_reserved:2;
+	u16 itr_mode:1;
 };
 
 struct ice_coalesce_stored {