static void bnx2x_pfc_set_pfc(struct bnx2x *bp)
 {
+       int mfw_configured = SHMEM2_HAS(bp, drv_flags) &&
+                            GET_FLAGS(SHMEM2_RD(bp, drv_flags),
+                                      1 << DRV_FLAGS_DCB_MFW_CONFIGURED);
        if (bp->dcbx_port_params.pfc.enabled &&
-           !(bp->dcbx_error & DCBX_REMOTE_MIB_ERROR))
+           (!(bp->dcbx_error & DCBX_REMOTE_MIB_ERROR) || mfw_configured))
                /*
                 * 1. Fills up common PFC structures if required
                 * 2. Configure NIG, MAC and BRB via the elink
 
 static void bnx2x_dcbx_update_ets_params(struct bnx2x *bp)
 {
+       int mfw_configured = SHMEM2_HAS(bp, drv_flags) &&
+                            GET_FLAGS(SHMEM2_RD(bp, drv_flags),
+                                      1 << DRV_FLAGS_DCB_MFW_CONFIGURED);
        bnx2x_ets_disabled(&bp->link_params, &bp->link_vars);
 
        if (!bp->dcbx_port_params.ets.enabled ||
-           (bp->dcbx_error & DCBX_REMOTE_MIB_ERROR))
+           ((bp->dcbx_error & DCBX_REMOTE_MIB_ERROR) && !mfw_configured))
                return;
 
        if (CHIP_IS_E3B0(bp))
        u8 cos = 0, pri = 0;
        struct priority_cos *tt2cos;
        u32 *ttp = bp->dcbx_port_params.app.traffic_type_priority;
+       int mfw_configured = SHMEM2_HAS(bp, drv_flags) &&
+                            GET_FLAGS(SHMEM2_RD(bp, drv_flags),
+                                      1 << DRV_FLAGS_DCB_MFW_CONFIGURED);
 
        memset(pfc_fw_cfg, 0, sizeof(*pfc_fw_cfg));
 
        /* to disable DCB - the structure must be zeroed */
-       if (bp->dcbx_error & DCBX_REMOTE_MIB_ERROR)
+       if ((bp->dcbx_error & DCBX_REMOTE_MIB_ERROR) && !mfw_configured)
                return;
 
        /*shortcut*/
                           "Handling parity error recovery. Try again later\n");
                return 1;
        }
-       if (netif_running(bp->dev))
+       if (netif_running(bp->dev)) {
+               bnx2x_update_drv_flags(bp,
+                                      1 << DRV_FLAGS_DCB_MFW_CONFIGURED,
+                                      1);
                bnx2x_dcbx_init(bp, true);
+       }
        DP(BNX2X_MSG_DCB, "set_dcbx_params done (%d)\n", rc);
        if (rc)
                return 1;
 
 
        /* generic flags controlled by the driver */
        u32 drv_flags;
-       #define DRV_FLAGS_DCB_CONFIGURED                0x1
+       #define DRV_FLAGS_DCB_CONFIGURED                0x0
+       #define DRV_FLAGS_DCB_CONFIGURATION_ABORTED     0x1
+       #define DRV_FLAGS_DCB_MFW_CONFIGURED    0x2
 
+       #define DRV_FLAGS_PORT_MASK     ((1 << DRV_FLAGS_DCB_CONFIGURED) | \
+                       (1 << DRV_FLAGS_DCB_CONFIGURATION_ABORTED) | \
+                       (1 << DRV_FLAGS_DCB_MFW_CONFIGURED))
        /* pointer to extended dev_info shared data copied from nvm image */
        u32 extended_dev_info_shared_addr;
        u32 ncsi_oem_data_addr;