diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index e0e3b4b72c01..1714850df234 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -1115,7 +1115,7 @@ static void bnxt_tpa_start(struct bnxt *bp, struct bnxt_rx_ring_info *rxr,
 		tpa_info->hash_type = PKT_HASH_TYPE_L4;
 		tpa_info->gso_type = SKB_GSO_TCPV4;
 		/* RSS profiles 1 and 3 with extract code 0 for inner 4-tuple */
-		if (hash_type == 3)
+		if (hash_type == 3 || TPA_START_IS_IPV6(tpa_start1))
 			tpa_info->gso_type = SKB_GSO_TCPV6;
 		tpa_info->rss_hash =
 			le32_to_cpu(tpa_start->rx_tpa_start_cmp_rss_hash);
@@ -3981,6 +3981,7 @@ static int bnxt_hwrm_vnic_set_rss(struct bnxt *bp, u16 vnic_id, bool set_rss)
 	bnxt_hwrm_cmd_hdr_init(bp, &req, HWRM_VNIC_RSS_CFG, -1, -1);
 	if (set_rss) {
 		req.hash_type = cpu_to_le32(bp->rss_hash_cfg);
+		req.hash_mode_flags = VNIC_RSS_CFG_REQ_HASH_MODE_FLAGS_DEFAULT;
 		if (vnic->flags & BNXT_VNIC_RSS_FLAG) {
 			if (BNXT_CHIP_TYPE_NITRO_A0(bp))
 				max_rings = bp->rx_nr_rings - 1;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index b44a75874a2f..7ea022df3526 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -326,6 +326,10 @@ struct rx_tpa_start_cmp_ext {
 	((le32_to_cpu((rx_tpa_start)->rx_tpa_start_cmp_cfa_code_v2) &	\
 	 RX_TPA_START_CMP_CFA_CODE) >> RX_TPA_START_CMPL_CFA_CODE_SHIFT)
 
+#define TPA_START_IS_IPV6(rx_tpa_start)				\
+	(!!((rx_tpa_start)->rx_tpa_start_cmp_flags2 &		\
+	    cpu_to_le32(RX_TPA_START_CMP_FLAGS2_IP_TYPE)))
+
 struct rx_tpa_end_cmp {
 	__le32 rx_tpa_end_cmp_len_flags_type;
 	#define RX_TPA_END_CMP_TYPE				(0x3f << 0)