u16 xgxs_config_tx[4];                              /* 0x1A0 */
 
-       u32 Reserved1[57];                                  /* 0x1A8 */
+       u32 Reserved1[56];                                  /* 0x1A8 */
+       u32 default_cfg;                                    /* 0x288 */
+       /*  Enable BAM on KR */
+#define PORT_HW_CFG_ENABLE_BAM_ON_KR_MASK                    0x00100000
+#define PORT_HW_CFG_ENABLE_BAM_ON_KR_SHIFT                   20
+#define PORT_HW_CFG_ENABLE_BAM_ON_KR_DISABLED                0x00000000
+#define PORT_HW_CFG_ENABLE_BAM_ON_KR_ENABLED                 0x00100000
+
        u32 speed_capability_mask2;                         /* 0x28C */
 #define PORT_HW_CFG_SPEED_CAPABILITY2_D3_MASK                0x0000FFFF
 #define PORT_HW_CFG_SPEED_CAPABILITY2_D3_SHIFT               0
 
        DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Before rom RX_ALARM(port1): 0x%x\n", tmp1);
 
        /* Enable CL37 BAM */
-       bnx2x_cl45_read(bp, phy,
-                       MDIO_AN_DEVAD,
-                       MDIO_AN_REG_8073_BAM, &val);
-       bnx2x_cl45_write(bp, phy,
-                        MDIO_AN_DEVAD,
-                        MDIO_AN_REG_8073_BAM, val | 1);
+       if (REG_RD(bp, params->shmem_base +
+                        offsetof(struct shmem_region, dev_info.
+                                 port_hw_config[params->port].default_cfg)) &
+           PORT_HW_CFG_ENABLE_BAM_ON_KR_ENABLED) {
 
+               bnx2x_cl45_read(bp, phy,
+                               MDIO_AN_DEVAD,
+                               MDIO_AN_REG_8073_BAM, &val);
+               bnx2x_cl45_write(bp, phy,
+                                MDIO_AN_DEVAD,
+                                MDIO_AN_REG_8073_BAM, val | 1);
+               DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Enable CL37 BAM on KR\n");
+       }
        if (params->loopback_mode == LOOPBACK_EXT) {
                bnx2x_807x_force_10G(bp, phy);
                DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Forced speed 10G on 807X\n");