static const char mlx5e_priv_flags[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
        "rx_cqe_moder",
+       "rx_cqe_compress",
 };
 
 enum mlx5e_priv_flag {
        MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_BASED_MODER = (1 << 0),
+       MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS = (1 << 1),
 };
 
 #define MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(priv, pflag, enable)                   \
        u16 num_channels;
        u8  num_tc;
        u8  rx_cq_period_mode;
-       bool rx_cqe_compress_admin;
-       bool rx_cqe_compress;
+       bool rx_cqe_compress_def;
        struct mlx5e_cq_moder rx_cq_moderation;
        struct mlx5e_cq_moder tx_cq_moderation;
        u16 min_rx_wqes;
 
        switch (config.rx_filter) {
        case HWTSTAMP_FILTER_NONE:
                /* Reset CQE compression to Admin default */
-               mlx5e_modify_rx_cqe_compression(priv, priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_admin);
+               mlx5e_modify_rx_cqe_compression(priv, priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_def);
                break;
        case HWTSTAMP_FILTER_ALL:
        case HWTSTAMP_FILTER_SOME:
        case HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_SYNC:
        case HWTSTAMP_FILTER_PTP_V2_DELAY_REQ:
                /* Disable CQE compression */
+               netdev_warn(dev, "Disabling cqe compression");
                mlx5e_modify_rx_cqe_compression(priv, false);
                config.rx_filter = HWTSTAMP_FILTER_ALL;
                break;
 
        return err;
 }
 
+static int set_pflag_rx_cqe_compress(struct net_device *netdev,
+                                    bool enable)
+{
+       struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
+       struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = priv->mdev;
+       int err = 0;
+       bool reset;
+
+       if (!MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, cqe_compression))
+               return -ENOTSUPP;
+
+       if (enable && priv->tstamp.hwtstamp_config.rx_filter != HWTSTAMP_FILTER_NONE) {
+               netdev_err(netdev, "Can't enable cqe compression while timestamping is enabled.\n");
+               return -EINVAL;
+       }
+
+       reset = test_bit(MLX5E_STATE_OPENED, &priv->state);
+
+       if (reset)
+               mlx5e_close_locked(netdev);
+
+       MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS, enable);
+       priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_def = enable;
+
+       if (reset)
+               err = mlx5e_open_locked(netdev);
+       return err;
+}
+
 static int mlx5e_handle_pflag(struct net_device *netdev,
                              u32 wanted_flags,
                              enum mlx5e_priv_flag flag,
        int err;
 
        mutex_lock(&priv->state_lock);
-
        err = mlx5e_handle_pflag(netdev, pflags,
                                 MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_BASED_MODER,
                                 set_pflag_rx_cqe_based_moder);
+       if (err)
+               goto out;
 
+       err = mlx5e_handle_pflag(netdev, pflags,
+                                MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS,
+                                set_pflag_rx_cqe_compress);
+
+out:
        mutex_unlock(&priv->state_lock);
-       return err ? -EINVAL : 0;
+       return err;
 }
 
 static u32 mlx5e_get_priv_flags(struct net_device *netdev)
 
        switch (priv->params.rq_wq_type) {
        case MLX5_WQ_TYPE_LINKED_LIST_STRIDING_RQ:
                priv->params.log_rq_size = MLX5E_PARAMS_DEFAULT_LOG_RQ_SIZE_MPW;
-               priv->params.mpwqe_log_stride_sz = priv->params.rx_cqe_compress ?
+               priv->params.mpwqe_log_stride_sz =
+                       MLX5E_GET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS) ?
                        MLX5_MPWRQ_LOG_STRIDE_SIZE_CQE_COMPRESS :
                        MLX5_MPWRQ_LOG_STRIDE_SIZE;
                priv->params.mpwqe_log_num_strides = MLX5_MPWRQ_LOG_WQE_SZ -
                       priv->params.rq_wq_type == MLX5_WQ_TYPE_LINKED_LIST_STRIDING_RQ,
                       BIT(priv->params.log_rq_size),
                       BIT(priv->params.mpwqe_log_stride_sz),
-                      priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_admin);
+                      MLX5E_GET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS));
 }
 
 static void mlx5e_set_rq_priv_params(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
        }
 
        MLX5_SET(cqc, cqc, log_cq_size, log_cq_size);
-       if (priv->params.rx_cqe_compress) {
+       if (MLX5E_GET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS)) {
                MLX5_SET(cqc, cqc, mini_cqe_res_format, MLX5_CQE_FORMAT_CSUM);
                MLX5_SET(cqc, cqc, cqe_comp_en, 1);
        }
        priv->params.log_sq_size = MLX5E_PARAMS_DEFAULT_LOG_SQ_SIZE;
 
        /* set CQE compression */
-       priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_admin = false;
+       priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_def = false;
        if (MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, cqe_compression) &&
            MLX5_CAP_GEN(mdev, vport_group_manager)) {
                mlx5e_get_max_linkspeed(mdev, &link_speed);
                mlx5e_get_pci_bw(mdev, &pci_bw);
                mlx5_core_dbg(mdev, "Max link speed = %d, PCI BW = %d\n",
                              link_speed, pci_bw);
-               priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_admin =
+               priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_def =
                        cqe_compress_heuristic(link_speed, pci_bw);
        }
-       priv->params.rx_cqe_compress = priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_admin;
 
        mlx5e_set_rq_priv_params(priv);
        if (priv->params.rq_wq_type == MLX5_WQ_TYPE_LINKED_LIST_STRIDING_RQ)
        /* Initialize pflags */
        MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_BASED_MODER,
                        priv->params.rx_cq_period_mode == MLX5_CQ_PERIOD_MODE_START_FROM_CQE);
+       MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS, priv->params.rx_cqe_compress_def);
 
        mutex_init(&priv->state_lock);
 
 
 
        mutex_lock(&priv->state_lock);
 
-       if (priv->params.rx_cqe_compress == val)
+       if (MLX5E_GET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS) == val)
                goto unlock;
 
        was_opened = test_bit(MLX5E_STATE_OPENED, &priv->state);
        if (was_opened)
                mlx5e_close_locked(priv->netdev);
 
-       priv->params.rx_cqe_compress = val;
+       MLX5E_SET_PFLAG(priv, MLX5E_PFLAG_RX_CQE_COMPRESS, val);
 
        if (was_opened)
                mlx5e_open_locked(priv->netdev);