vlan_tag = attr->vlan_id;
        if (!vlan_tag || (vlan_tag > 0xFFF))
                vlan_tag = dev->pvid;
-       if (vlan_tag && (vlan_tag < 0x1000)) {
+       if (vlan_tag || dev->pfc_state) {
+               if (!vlan_tag) {
+                       pr_err("ocrdma%d:Using VLAN with PFC is recommended\n",
+                               dev->id);
+                       pr_err("ocrdma%d:Using VLAN 0 for this connection\n",
+                               dev->id);
+               }
                eth.eth_type = cpu_to_be16(0x8100);
                eth.roce_eth_type = cpu_to_be16(OCRDMA_ROCE_ETH_TYPE);
                vlan_tag |= (dev->sl & 0x07) << OCRDMA_VID_PCP_SHIFT;
 
        int status;
        struct ib_ah_attr *ah_attr = &attrs->ah_attr;
        union ib_gid sgid, zgid;
-       u32 vlan_id;
+       u32 vlan_id = 0xFFFF;
        u8 mac_addr[6];
        struct ocrdma_dev *dev = get_ocrdma_dev(qp->ibqp.device);
 
        cmd->params.vlan_dmac_b4_to_b5 = mac_addr[4] | (mac_addr[5] << 8);
        if (attr_mask & IB_QP_VID) {
                vlan_id = attrs->vlan_id;
+       } else if (dev->pfc_state) {
+               vlan_id = 0;
+               pr_err("ocrdma%d:Using VLAN with PFC is recommended\n",
+                       dev->id);
+               pr_err("ocrdma%d:Using VLAN 0 for this connection\n",
+                       dev->id);
+       }
+
+       if (vlan_id < 0x1000) {
                cmd->params.vlan_dmac_b4_to_b5 |=
                    vlan_id << OCRDMA_QP_PARAMS_VLAN_SHIFT;
                cmd->flags |= OCRDMA_QP_PARA_VLAN_EN_VALID;
                cmd->params.rnt_rc_sl_fl |=
                        (dev->sl & 0x07) << OCRDMA_QP_PARAMS_SL_SHIFT;
        }
+
        return 0;
 }